Two HD controllers (Was: Re: Xenix device drivers under Unix)

[John Boteler]

>From article <385 at crash.cts.com>, by bblue at crash.cts.com (Bill Blue):
> In article <37102 at conexch.UUCP> root at conexch.UUCP (Larry Dighera) writes:
>>Does anyone know if it is possible to use two hard disk controllers under
>>Xenix 386 2.3.0 when one is a WD1007-WA2 (ESDI) and the other a WD1006-WA2
>>(RLL/MFM)?  
> 
> I'm running stock 2.3.1 386 Xenix with two controllers - the first
> a DTC 6280 ESDI with two drives, and the second a DTC 7187 RLL with
> one drive.  

Those are the same controllers as far as the OS is concerned.

The DTC 6280 presents an ST506 presence to the host for compatibility
purposes. 

The same is true ofthe DTC7187 RLL controller.

They also allow you to easily install drives with more than
1024 cylinders !)

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