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From: erik@mpx1.UUCP (Erik Murrey)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: anybody heard of OMTI?
Keywords: Xenix, OMTI ESDI
Message-ID: <549@mpx1.UUCP>
Date: 9 Oct 88 16:22:48 GMT
Organization: MPX Data Systems, Inc.,  Wayne,  Pennsylvania
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SCO tells my that their ESDI version of Xenix
needs an OMTI ESDI card that differs from the WD-1007ESDI cards.
It allows the system to work with a 1:1 interleave, rather than
a 1:3, which would be the case using an St-506 looking ESDI card.

I want to use the 1:1 ESDI system, but I can't find a source for
the OMTI card ANYWHERE!

The system will be an AST 386 w/ a 150MB micropolis ESDI drive.
SCO says that it needs the OMTI 8620 or 8627 (what's the difference?)

If I use this card, how does the system boot if it doesn't look like
an ST-506 card?  How does dos run?  I would *hae* to think about
booting SCO from floppy every time I re-boot!

Thanks!  Please e-mail responses!
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