[att.sys.pc6300] Wanted: DTC HD-controller BIOS.

wkb@cbnews.ATT.COM (Wm. Keith Brummett) (08/15/88)

    I have a fairly early AT&T PC6300 (XT clone) with a Seagate ST-225
    hard disk and a Data Technologies Corp (DTC) full-length controller
    card.  Since the PC6300, as it comes from the factory, uses an 
    internal BIOS for controlling the hard disk(s), the BIOS socket on
    the DTC card is empty.  Further, the list of drives supported by
    the internal BIOS is rather small and dated.

    Does anybody have an address or phone number for DTC, or know of
    any way by which I could contact them?  I would like to know if
    they have an fairly new controller BIOS that will work with some
    of the newer, larger drives that are becoming common these days.
    Since I frequent 'ham fests' and the like, and often come across 
    some less-than-really-standard drives, the ideal solution would be
    a BIOS that lets you enter any number of heads, cylinders, etc..
    Something like WD's "super BIOS", for example.

    Oh, yeah.  If anyone has any documentation on the DTC card, or a
    pointer thereto, I would really appreciate a copy.  There is
    almost no information in the AT&T documentation -- including the
    harware reference manual.  I don't even know the model designation
    of my card.  It's covered with various numbers, but none that
    look conclusively like a model number.  Thanks in advance for any
    assistance you can give me.

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