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From: keithe@tekgvs.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: a reply to ISC on 'clarifications'
Message-ID: <3134@tekgvs.TEK.COM>
Date: 18 Feb 88 18:08:57 GMT
References: <795@vixie.UUCP> <783@bigtex.uu.net> <1667@van-bc.UUCP> <824@bigtex.uu.net>
Reply-To: keithe@tekgvs.UUCP (Keith Ericson)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
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In article <824@bigtex.uu.net> james@bigtex.uu.net (James Van Artsdalen) writes:
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>> If anyone else has tried the WD1006 let's hear about it!
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>I have been using one under DOS for a couple of weeks: it does fly.  As soon as
>the logistics of a free hard disk work out, I'll try it with uPort unix (which
>I own): if there is sufficient interest I'm sure I could work something out
>with a local Xenix user to arrange a test.

THe WD1006 does look-ahead buffering, I believe, and this will
probably be a pain in the neck for UNIX which tends to scatter files
all over the disk. I, too, have a WD1006 to try with UNIX
(Interactive Systems VP/ix) and have received an alternate
"non-look-ahead" controller IC to use whenever I get around to it...

keith