dmose@sequent.UUCP (Dan Mosedale) (08/13/89)
I recently bought an ST412/506 type hard drive and am looking for a hookup to my A1000. I have a Spirit Insider board with 1 Meg installed. I'd be interested in hearing about any good/bad experiences you folks have had with any such controller/interfaces. Are Palomax / or the Wedge any good? How about Spirit / Supra / & Compsec? Any other recommendations are welcome. Thanks! -Dan Mosedale ....!tektronix!sequent!dmose
johnro@microsoft.UUCP (John Rogers) (08/16/89)
Hi! Some time back, I bought a C-Ltd disk controller for the A1000. It runs as a SCSI controller. I also bought an ST506 <-> SCSI adapter from C-Ltd. Basically, I had lots of trouble installing the stuff. The adapter they sold me came with zero documentation, like where to attach cables and how to set DIP switches. I ended up spending about 4 weeks installing stuff, with lots of lost hair and long-distance calls to Kansas. Their score: (all on a scale of 1..10) software: 5 documentation: 4 hardware: 7 support: 4 price: 7 In general, if I had it to do over again, I'd buy another SCSI controller, but I'd try another company. (Even if it cost more money.) Hope this helps... -- Happy hacking! with Standard.Disclaimer; --Ada --JR (John Rogers, JohnRo@Microsoft.UUCP) #include "disclaimer.h" /* C */ UUCP: uunet!microsoft!johnro // EXEC DSCLAIMR JCL
ins_adjb@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Daniel Jay Barrett) (08/16/89)
In article <7395@microsoft.UUCP> johnro@microsoft.UUCP (John Rogers) writes: > >Hi! Some time back, I bought a C-Ltd disk controller for the A1000. >In general, if I had it to do over again, I'd buy another SCSI >controller, but I'd try another company. (Even if it cost more >money.) I also bought this controller. Believe me, their documentation and installation procedure have improved A LOT. I am quite happy with the controller and have no complaints. It is not the world's fastest controller (the old style, not the new fast "Kronos" controller) but it's fast enough for me. Dan //////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ | Dan Barrett, Systems Administrator barrett@cs.jhu.edu (128.220.13.4) | | Dept. of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218 | | E-mail addresses: ARPANET: barrett@cs.jhu.edu | | BITNET: ins_adjb@jhuvms.bitnet | | UUCP: ins_adjb@jhunix.UUCP noog | \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////////////////////////