Adaptec and Xenix

[Fred Rump from home]

In article <7602 at mrspoc.UUCP> itkin at mrspoc (Steven List) writes:
>In article <1494 at hudson.acc.virginia.edu> wrp at biochsn.acc.Virginia.EDU (William R. Pearson) writes:
--
-- 	I am planning the purchase of a large (150 - 300 Meg) ESDI
-- drive and controller for my Xenix system.  I have seen several
-- praises for the WD1007 ESDI controller, but a state purchase
-- contract makes it much easier for me to buy an Adaptec 2322B
-- controller/Maxtor XT4380E combination.  
--
-I'm sorry that I can't compare.  I can only offer the results of my recent
-experiences.  I was trying to decide similarly, and ended up purchasing
-an Adaptec 2322A (hard and floppy controller) and a Micropolis 1558 382MB
-ESDI disk.  
	
	While on the subject of Adaptec Controllers - can anyone explain the 
difference between the 2322A and the 2322B-8 ???

	We've been trying to obtain the latter for quite some time now and it 
seems like they're just not available anywhere. Anybody have a source?

	It seems that I remember some kind of a problem with the 22A and that 
is the reason we need the 22B. 	Can anyone confirm the problem. The guy who 
said so is no longer with the company and (well, you know how it goes..) we 
wonder whether this was not quite the whole story.
Fred Rump

PS we need to run these controllers with large ESDI drives, a tape catridge 
and the Corrollary multi-port board. At present in several similar situations 
we get 'frame errors' and panic errors with SCO 386 2.3 Xenix. We have to get 
two xenix operating systems out there and boot with one without the 
corrollarry to get a backup. 

	Any input would be appreciated.





-- 
{allegra killer gatech!uflorida decvax!ucf-cs}!ki4pv!cdis-1!cdin-1!icdi10!fr    
26 Warren St.                ...{bellcore rutgers bpa uunet}!cdin-1!icdi10!fr
Beverly, NJ 08010         or INTERNET:  fred at cdin-1.uu.net  or fr at icdi10.UUCP
609-386-6846          "Freude... Alle Menschen werden Brueder..."  -  Schiller