Connecting CDC Saber disk

[Randy Smith]

>From:    jis at mtgzx.att.com (j.mukerji)
>In article <314 at shuldig.huji.ac.il>, shmuli at HUJICS.BITNET writes:
>: Sun's distributor here says that it is not possible to connect a CDC Saber
>: disk Model 9720/1230 (1.2 GB capacity, SMD/E interface, 3 MB transfer
>: rate) to Sun workstations because the transfer rate is too high.  Has
>: anyone done it?  Thinking of it?  Comments?
>
>The said distributor of Sun seems to be mistaken. We have been using a CDC
>9720/1236 with a Xylogics 753 Controller in a Sun 3/150 and getting very
>satisfactory service for the last six months.

We also have numerous Sabre drives on campus (with very little problems).
However, it should be noted that our engineering group found that the
Sabre is too fast for a xy451 controller!  If you have a xy451, you
have a problem (we use Ciprico 3200's).

Randy Smith
Minnesota Supercomputer Institute
University of Minnesota
wsmith at s1.msi.umn.edu, ...!rutgers!umn-cs!wsmith