Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!pyrdc!robecdc!ghost From: ghost@robecdc.UUCP (William.A.Sneed) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: help on MICROPOLIS 1568 HD Keywords: DTC!!!!!! Message-ID: <70@robecdc.UUCP> Date: 3 Feb 90 06:00:53 GMT References: <436@cdin-1.UUCP> <66@robecdc.UUCP> Organization: Robec Distributors Inc., D.C. Office Lines: 31 In article <66@robecdc.UUCP>, ghost@robecdc.UUCP (William.A.Sneed) writes: > >>The "xnx133" ESDI driver fix from SCO is ONLY for the Western Digital > >>WD1007A ESDI controller card. > Roy Neese replies: > >As the 2322B is a WD look alike the xnx133 fix applies. I know of several > >sites who have had troubles and this has corrected them. We have found in > >certain CPU's (I can;t mention whose, as the companies have us under non- > >disclosure), the read ahead will have problems under SCO and ISC. If you > My comments: > Roy is correct in so far as he goes. We sell the WD1007, however > not all "look-alikes" suffer from this malady. Our experience w/ > the DTC-6280 (6180) has been excellent. I haven't had one go > south in the last two years. They also offer some nifty features > like a working bad-track function, and sector-sparing. For my > money this is the ticket. > OOOOOOPPPPPPPPSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!! forgot to sign it one must take responsibility for one's own big mouth. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -William A. Sneed uucp: ...!pyrdc!robecdc!ghost -Robec Dist. voice: (703) 631-4800 -Manassas, Va fax: (703) 631-4806 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brain fried -- Core dumped ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The words you have just read are strictly my own and no one else's. They in no way should be construed as anything but my own personal opinion. Besides no one else would lay claim to them. :-) :-) :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------