peter@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Peter J Diaz de Leon) (01/19/90)
I am thinking about purchasing a Seagate ST296N. This
is Seagates 84MB SCSI disk. I am looking for some
information on this drive (pros and cons). I am also
looking for information on a SCSI controler that will
also work with the drive.
Thanks
Peter
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==============================================================================henders@mist.cs.orst.edu (B. Scott Henderson) (01/20/90)
In article <1972@uwm.edu> peter@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Peter J Diaz de Leon) writes: > > I am thinking about purchasing a Seagate ST296N. This > is Seagates 84MB SCSI disk. I am looking for some > information on this drive (pros and cons). I am also > looking for information on a SCSI controler that will > also work with the drive. > > Thanks > Peter > I have such a beast in my machine. It runs off a Seagate ST-02 Host Adapter. It's a bit slow for me (I have a '386) but with a good disk caching program it's not too bad (I use Microsoft's Smartdrive). It was a bit tricky to install since a normal AT bios won't support it. So you have to tell your bios that your drive isn't really there, the Host Adapter has a bios extension which will handle it. Scott H. --- B. Scott Henderson henders@mist.cs.orst.edu Department of Computer Science Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331
keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson) (01/23/90)
In article <15042@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> henders@mist.CS.ORST.EDU (B. Scott Henderson) writes: > >I have such a beast [Seagate ST296N SCSI drive] in my machine. It >runs off a Seagate ST-02 Host >Adapter. It's a bit slow for me (I have a '386) but with a good >disk caching program it's not too bad (I use Microsoft's Smartdrive). The ST-02 is slow no matter _what_ you connect it to. I tried it with an otherwise blazingly fast CDC/Imprimis and rejected the controller as a result of it's poor performance. Instead of 1.4 Megabytes/second transfer rate (obtained with an Adaptec 1542A) I got something in the 300 kbytes/sec range, as I recall. (This is in a fast '386 box.) So it sits in the drawer... (Don't ask: unless you want to transfer it internal to Tektronix I won't even consider selling it - you have no idea the kind of paperwork (= expense) it would be to sell a $50 board outside the company. I'm sure this is endemic of most large corporations.) kEITHe
mattioli@took.dec.com (John R. Mattioli) (01/24/90)
In article <1972@uwm.edu>, peter@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Peter J Diaz de Leon) writes... > > I am thinking about purchasing a Seagate ST296N. > Think again. I had so many problems with the 296n and the st02 (scsi controller) that I returned them. They were slow. They were minimal implementations of scsi. They were NOT recommended for use under unix. They were not inexpensive given the performance. In short, they were extremely disapointing. ----------------------------------------------------------------- John Mattioli Most improved skier (american blind skiers association 1989) and humble to! (DEC E-NET) TOOK::MATTIOLI (UUCP) {decvax, ucbvax, allegra}!decwrl!TOOK.dec.com!MATTIOLI (ARPA) MATTIOLI@TOOK.dec.com MATTIOLI%TOOK.dec.com@decwrl.dec.com (US MAIL) John Mattioli 550 King St. LKG2-2/BB9 Littleton, Ma. 01460