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From: henkp@nikhefk.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.periphs
Subject: Re: IBM compatible hard disk controllers
Message-ID: <112@nikhefk.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 7-Feb-87 18:49:26 EST
Article-I.D.: nikhefk.112
Posted: Sat Feb  7 18:49:26 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 9-Feb-87 02:02:29 EST
References: <889@cartan.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: henkp@nikhefk.UUCP (Henk Peek)
Organization: Nikhef-K, Amsterdam (the Netherlands).
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Keywords: hard disk controller, PC/IX
Xref: watmath comp.sys.ibm.pc:1490 comp.periphs:187

In article <889@cartan.Berkeley.EDU> rspector@brahms.Berkeley.EDU (Rob "The Fly" Spector) writes:
=I am in the market for a cheap (CHEAP!) hard disk, and would like to buy one 
=except for one hitch. I have PC/IX version 1, an old verion of UNIX distributed
=by IBM.  The manual for the program (21 disks) requires that I have a hard disk
=with the IBM disk controller.  Evidently, this software is very selective, and 
=may not run on other manufacturer's hard disk controllers.  
=Only one passed the test---the Xebec hard disk controller.
=	
=				Rob Spector
=ARPA: rspector@brahms.Berkeley.EDU Rob Spector/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720
=UUCP: {cbosgd,sun,dual,decwrl,decvax,ihnp4,hplabs,...}!ucbvax!brahms!rspector

PC/IX works also with the DTC 5150BX harddisk controller and this controller
is >99% compatible.

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