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From: jim@umigw.MIAMI.EDU (jim brown)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: DECstation 3100 & non-DEC SCSI disks?
Summary: Try MAXTOR and CONNER, CDC can be done
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Date: 13 Apr 89 02:18:30 GMT
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In article <1565@blake.acs.washington.edu> lgy@blake.acs.washington.edu (Laurence Yaffe) writes:
>    Is anyone using non-DEC SCSI disks on a DECstation 3100 yet?
>Which vendor?  Are you using DEC's device driver?  Are you booting
>off a non-DEC disk?

DEC supports MAXTOR and CONNER drives in addition to their own drives.
With 'a little' work you too can use other brands.  We have ours running
on CDC WREN IV/V disk drives (details available on request).  Even though
the configuration file says EXABYTE tapes are supported, we haven't been
able to get one to work yet.

Jim
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Jim Brown, University of Miami, RSMAS/MPO
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