mark@promark.UUCP (Mark J. DeFilippis) (10/08/89)
Well, alas I am totally frustrated. The following MFM controllers do not work as a second controller when you use the secondary address and interrupt 15: FIRST CONTROLLER SECOND CONTROLLER WD-1006-WAH WD-1006-WAH WD-1006-WAH WD-1006V-MM1 WD-1006V-MM1 WD-1003-WAH WD-1006V-MM1 Adaptec ACB-2310 WD-1006V-MM1 DTC7180 Adaptec ACB-2310 DTC7180 I am starting to run low on MFM controllers. SCO states in their 2.3.2 release notes that two ST-506 MFM controllers will work. The WD-1006 line is the only HD only, 1:1, MFM controller WD makes. The ACB-2310 is the only HD only, 1:1, MFM controller Adaptec makes. And the DTC 7180 is the only HD only, 1:1 MFM controller they make. WHICH TWO MFM CONTROLLERS WORK SCO??? Name them please. I am running out of manufacturer's, and it is very expensive to have to purchase every MFM controller ever made! Has SCO moved away from their policy of only recommending those solutions which they have verified. How come you don't name any MFM controllers in the release notes? Is it because you have never really tested any? And if the so called Compaq controller works you assume ALL ST-506 controllers work? You also mention ESDI/MFM and SCSI controller combinations will work given certain constraints. I would be willing to scrap my MFM drives and controllers if I could believe it were true, but I have lost faith in your credibility. Have you ever even hooked up a second controller? Man... the sorry state of things... If architects were this ambigious in their building plans, entire cities would be reduced to rubble by now. -- Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 11530 (516) 663-1170 Department of Mathematics and Computer Science markd@adelphi.UUCP or mark@promark.UUCP UUCP: ...philabs!sbcs!bnlux0!adelphi!markd