jerry@polygen.uucp (Jerry Shekhel) (01/20/90)
Hello. I've a machine with a WD 1003-WA2 storage controller. Can anyone tell me what kind of controller this is (my own guess is MFM), and what's the highest capacity half-height drive that'll work with it (I think 40MB maybe)? Also, what would be a good deal on a drive like that? Thanks to all who reply. --- +--------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------------+ | | Polygen Corporation | UUCP: | | Jerry J. Shekhel | Waltham, MA 02254 | {princeton, mit-eddie, | | | (617) 890-2888 | bu, sunne}!polygen!jerry | +--------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------------+
rkl@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (kevin.laux) (01/24/90)
In article <668@fred.UUCP>, jerry@polygen.uucp (Jerry Shekhel) writes: > I've a machine with a WD 1003-WA2 storage controller. Can anyone tell > me what kind of controller this is (my own guess is MFM), and what's > the highest capacity half-height drive that'll work with it (I think > 40MB maybe)? The WD 1003-WA2 is an MFM controller. I have one in an AT&T 6386 WGS with a 68MB (formatted) Micropolis drive (model 1340?). The drive is full height, but that shouldn't matter. The controller can handle at least 68MB. --rkl
strike@clmqt.marquette.Mi.US (Strikemaster) (02/02/90)
rkl@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (kevin.laux) writes: >In article <668@fred.UUCP>, jerry@polygen.uucp (Jerry Shekhel) writes: >> I've a machine with a WD 1003-WA2 storage controller. Can anyone tell >> me what kind of controller this is (my own guess is MFM), and what's >> the highest capacity half-height drive that'll work with it (I think >> 40MB maybe)? > The WD 1003-WA2 is an MFM controller. I have one in an AT&T 6386 WGS >with a 68MB (formatted) Micropolis drive (model 1340?). The drive is full >height, but that shouldn't matter. The controller can handle at least 68MB. >--rkl Specifically, it is a 2:1 interleave MFM controller, ST-506 presentation to the system bus. We are running this drive controller with 80 meg drives and have no problems with it. The drives, on the other hand, are taking a terrible beating at the hands of the news feeds. Depending on the access speed of your drive and the computer, you might want to look into replacing the -WA2 with the WD-1006-WA2, which will allow 1:1 interleaving of the hard drive. We are looking at this for our host computer as a way to increase speed for the network news decompressions, as well as increasing the system RAM. -- Tim Bowser ("Strikemaster") | Standard | mailrus!sharkey!clmqt!strike Enterprise Information System | Disclaimer | strike@clmqt.marquette.Mi.US Marquette, Mi. USA | Here | Voice:(906)-346-6735 => UNIX: The Adventure Begins... To vi, or not to vi, that is the question. <=