Roger.Sheppard@bbs.actrix.gen.nz (01/10/91)
In article <5258@husc6.harvard.edu> clubok@husc9.UUCP (Ken "The Snake" Clubok) writes: > Two Adaptec 4070 controllers have died on me in the last six months, and > I haven't even had my hard drive for a year! Is it me, or are the > Adaptec controllers poor quality? Does anybody know of a better > RLL controller? And perhaps someplace I could purchase it? Had any > experience using it with an ICD host adapter? Much thanks in advance. > Please E-mail responses. > > Ken Clubok > clubok@husc9.harvard.edu > clubok@husc9.bitnet The one that is talked about a lot is the OMTI 55xx, don't know the full Part No. but they do 1:1 interleave with RLL,, From what I have read the Adaptec can't, get some info from ICD, as they use this Controller... -- Roger W. Sheppard 85 Donovan Rd, Kapiti New Zealand...
Roger.Sheppard@bbs.actrix.gen.nz (01/17/91)
<1991Jan10.035158.234@actrix.gen.nz> <91014.114610GERLOFF@DB0TUI11.BITNET> Sender: Followup-To: Distribution:world Organization: Actrix Information Exchange, Wellington, New Zealand Keywords: Comment-To: GERLOFF@tubvm.cs.tu-berlin.de In article <91014.114610GERLOFF@DB0TUI11.BITNET> GERLOFF@tubvm.cs.tu-berlin.de (Olaf Gerloff) writes: > In article <1991Jan10.035158.234@actrix.gen.nz>, > Roger.Sheppard@bbs.actrix.gen.nz says: > > > >The one that is talked about a lot is the OMTI 55xx, don't know the > >full Part No. but they do 1:1 interleave with RLL,, From what I have > >read the Adaptec can't, get some info from ICD, as they use this > >Controller... > > > > Hello, > I think the OMTI is a controller for a PC (correct me if I'm wrong), so > you can't use it with the ICD adaptor. Why aren't you buying a SCSI > harddisk from Seagate, Quantum, Maxtor or ... an connect it directly to > the ICD? > I'm using a Atari Megafile 30 which has a modified version of the > Adaptec 4070 and have no problems. > > Greetings, Olaf Note: a friend of mine is using a OMTI controler suplied by ICD, for use with a ST506 type drive, he had the drives allready, so why would he need to get other drives .??? -- Roger W. Sheppard 85 Donovan Rd, Kapiti New Zealand...