chapman@acf4.NYU.EDU (Gary W. Chapman) (11/17/89)
I have what I believe to be a CORE HC310-5 hard disk. The wonderful manual says it is designed for PS/2s. And in fact I have a MCA controller board to go with it. What I would actually like to do is mount it in a Compaq 386/20. The Compaq has an ESDI controller, and their standard 60 meg drive. Does anyone know if this is possible, and could give me some hints? Please send me mail, as I don't usually read this list. Gary Chapman, Academic Computing Facility, New York University chapman@nyu.edu Compuserve: 76424,2450
psrc@pegasus.ATT.COM (Paul S. R. Chisholm) (11/23/89)
In article <20004@acf4.NYU.EDU>, chapman@acf4.NYU.EDU (Gary W. Chapman) writes: > I have what I believe to be a CORE HC310-5 hard disk. The wonderful manual > says it is designed for PS/2s. And in fact I have a MCA controller board > to go with it. > > What I would actually like to do is mount it in a Compaq 386/20. The > Compaq has an ESDI controller, and their standard 60 meg drive. >... > Please send me mail, as I don't usually read this list. I expected lots of people to post the answer to this. (Maybe they all sent e-mail to Mr. Chapman, and the answer disappeared down his mailbox.) Anyway, Compaq distributes the electronics between their controller boards and their hard disks in ways that aren't industry standard. Your Core drive should work with a non-Compaq EDSI controller, but not with the Compaq controller. Needless to say, the MCA controller is useless in an system with AT compatible (or EISA) (or however that's spelled) expansion slots. Bottom line: ask the person who bought the drive. Or try asking Core's technical support folks. > Gary Chapman, chapman@nyu.edu, Compuserve: 76424,2450 (I also e-mailed this message to Mr. Chapman.) Paul S. R. Chisholm, AT&T Bell Laboratories att!pegasus!psrc, psrc@pegasus.att.com, AT&T Mail !psrchisholm I'm not speaking for the company, I'm just speaking my mind.