help on MICROPOLIS 1568 HD

William.A.Sneed ghost at robecdc.UUCP
Sat Feb 3 17:00:53 AEST 1990


In article <66 at robecdc.UUCP>, ghost at 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.


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