[comp.sys.ibm.pc] any experience with hardcache on 6386?

dwc@cbnewsh.att.com (Malaclypse the Elder) (05/10/90)

anyone out there with experience using the compuadd
hardcache esdi caching controller?  i have been trying
to get one installed in my at&t 6386e (20mhz tower)
with no success.

the led lights indicate that it recognized the memory
that i put on the board but it either doesn't see my
micropolis 1355 or it causes my system to believe that
there is no hard disk out there.  i tried everything that
the compuadd people suggested (slowing the system down,
moving the bios address, etc) but no luck in formatting.

has anyone used this controller on the 6386s with success?
i am shipping the board back to them so they can check it out
and send me a new one but i'd like to know if i'm wasting
my time.

thanks,
danny chen
att!hocus!dwc