DBarker@syetm-m.phx.bull.com (05/02/90)
Thanks for all those who steered me clear of the Perstor controllers. Now - does anyone out there have any experience of the following? NEC 5655 153Mb ESDI disk Western Digital WD1007A-WA2 ESDI controller with SCO UNIX (or Xenix)? My SCO UNIX release notes say that it will work OK with the WD1007 (ST506) and WD1006 (ESDI) controllers - so I am a bit puzzled as to why the WD1007A should be ESDI rather than ST506 - oh well... I am VERY reulctant to spend large amounts of money without the benefit of someone else's experience, as I discovered the hard way that the Seagate SCSI controller won't even boot UNIX from floppy - despite the company's claims that it works fine with "all UNIX's". (In fact it won't even boot otherm non-DOS software such as the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy game). Any info - either to me direct or here - will be MUCH appreciated. "Send Lawyers, Guns and Money, Dad - get me out of this!" Deryk Barker, Jupiter Software Victoria, BC
shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake) (05/05/90)
In article <23205@adm.BRL.MIL> DBarker@syetm-m.phx.bull.com writes: >My SCO UNIX release notes say that it will work OK with the WD1007 >(ST506) and WD1006 (ESDI) controllers - so I am a bit puzzled as to why >the WD1007A should be ESDI rather than ST506 - oh well... It's called a misstatement... Both the WD-1007A and WD-1007V are ESDI controllers. The WD-1006 and WD-1006V are ST-506. I've used the 1006 and 1006V under both Xenix/386 and 386/ix - work fine, the V being notably faster. I'm currently using the 1007V with SCO UNIX. Works fine, though I had to play with the jumpers on the board and on my Core HC90 to get everything happy.
scjones@sdrc.UUCP (Larry Jones) (05/05/90)
In article <23205@adm.BRL.MIL>, DBarker@syetm-m.phx.bull.com writes: > My SCO UNIX release notes say that it will work OK with the WD1007 > (ST506) and WD1006 (ESDI) controllers - so I am a bit puzzled as to why > the WD1007A should be ESDI rather than ST506 That must be a typo -- the WD1007 is definitely ESDI and the WD1006 is ST-506. ---- Larry Jones UUCP: uunet!sdrc!scjones SDRC scjones@SDRC.UU.NET 2000 Eastman Dr. BIX: ltl Milford, OH 45150-2789 AT&T: (513) 576-2070 "You know how Einstein got bad grades as a kid? Well MINE are even WORSE!" -Calvin