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From: eichert%uservx.decnet@ddnvx2.afwl.af.mil (USERVX::EICHERT)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: MINIX
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Date: 24 Mar 89 13:50:35 GMT
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	In response to the recent flame of MINIX by an unhappy Megafile60
owner.  Does anyone know what drive is being used inside the box.  If it's a
Seagate 277N then I don't believe it's Minix's fault at all.

	I'm running a home brew hard disk setup w/277N which runs fine under
TOS but occasionally under Minix gets a spurious DMA interupt and locks the
system.  Reset doesn't work either, it just takes me back to a Lo-res GEM screenwithout checking to see if there is a floppy in the drive.

	At one time I saw a mention from someone else here about problems with
another 277N drive system.  So perchance there is some pecularity with the 277N.I'm running an ICD host adapter also by the way.

	Anyway I have no complaints with Minix JUST with the hardware :-).

			diana

P.S.	Did Atari show the 68030 Unix box at Hanover, anyone?