Different boot problem...

[DoN Nichols]

In article <1991Mar1.045750.19952 at i88.isc.com> botton at i88.isc.com (Brian D. Botton) writes:

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>  BTW, if you look in /usr/include/sys/machine.m you will see that there are
>3 disk types, winchester (HD), floppy (FD) and syquest (SY).  It is fairly
>obvious from the boot ROM and loader code that support for more than the
>HD and FD was intended and easy to add.  Does anyone know what a "syquest" is?

	Yep!  It is/was a removable-media 5.25" hard disk.  I think that it
was ST-506 interface, but the stuff in /usr/include/sys/machine.m ? (I don't
find 'machine.[mh]' in my /usr/include/sys, but it may have been blown away
in some backup/restore operation. I'll have to check the machine with the
STOCK 3.51 on it.)

	I've seen them at hamfests, but avoided purchasing one since I
understand that the media are made of hens' teeth. :-) (I once bought some
3.25" NOT 3.5" floppy drives, and found ONE(1) floppy for them in the next
two years. :-)

	If media were available, these would make nice backup/transfer
media, since I think that they were 20MB or so.  (I think that the media
were outrageously expensive, which may have been a factor leading to their
decline.  Another was a reputation for poor interchangability of media
between drives.)  If I'm wrong about this, let me know, and I'll pick up one
at the next hamfest, and install it as a second drive in place of the floppy
(with ICUS mod in place).

	Good Luck
		DoN.

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