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From: wjr@rayssd.UUCP (Bill)
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Subject: Re: XT controller for two hard disks.
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Date: Sun, 28-Sep-86 10:07:51 EDT
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> I  need to control  two 10 Megabyte  hard disks  from  one  XT. The XT
> already controls one 10M hard disk  using the original IBM controller.
> I want to add one from an XT that is unused. I have  looked  at the XT
> reference manual and the hardware and I can't see a way of controlling
> an extra disk using  it.  I also  can't   see  a  way  of  having  two
> controller cards in the XT without contention between them.
> 
> Can someone suggest either a way of controlling an extra disk with the
> present controller  or  adding in a   second controller or  getting  a
> different controller? Or anything else?
> 
> --Mario O. Bourgoin

I haven't done this my self, but I know IDEA is able to do this with
their external hard disks.

Would you please post when you find out though??

Thanks and Good Luck,

Bill