glen@zeus.opt-sci.arizona.edu (Glen Sonnenberg) (04/27/91)
I would like to know if anyone out there has added a third party drive to
an apollo DN10000. We are running out of space and when I called HP and
asked them they said that it is using an ESDI interface and that I would
probably have to write a driver to use a third party drive. Is this true?
Also, where is a good place and how much should I spend for a 200-300 meg
drive? Thanks.
Glen Sonnenberg
glen@zeus.opt-sci.arizona.edu [128.196.128.219]
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Optical Sciences Center, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721thompson@PAN.SSEC.HONEYWELL.COM (John Thompson) (04/29/91)
> I would like to know if anyone out there has added a third party drive to > an apollo DN10000. We are running out of space and when I called HP and > asked them they said that it is using an ESDI interface and that I would > probably have to write a driver to use a third party drive. Is this true? > Also, where is a good place and how much should I spend for a 200-300 meg > drive? Thanks. <Sigh> See the F.A.Q. list held (somewhere). ====================================================================== DISCLAIMER: I will neither vouch for, nor complain about, any of the following companies. I have never worked for any of them, nor am I receiving any favoritism from them. To the best of my knowledge, the products listed are available from them, but it is not necessarily a COMPLETE list of products -- please call them yourself. The vendors listed are not in any particular order. I typed them as their addresses came up in my folders. The last three companies _appear_ to be HP suppliers primarily. If this is true, I would expect them to deal mainly in the 9000 series peripherals. (However -- again -- call them). ====================================================================== The disk(s) you're looking for are Maxtor XT-4380E and XT-8760E drives (325MB and 697MB respectively). They're available from many sources. Since I don't know (for sure) what discount we get, I won't rattle off prices to you. The disk controller on the DN10000 is an Interphase 4201 controller with custom PROMs from HP/Apollo. Each controller can handle two drives. Although not supported by Apollo (according to my reps), the controller can handle 4 disks. In addition, the CONFIG program asks about disks in a controller (0-3) and disk (0-3) manner that leads me to wonder whether you could put on 4 drives. Sometime I'll try it, but right now, we're a little short on playtime. Interphase also apparently has a SCSI daughter-controller that plugs SCSI disks into it, and then that into the ESDI controller. HP/Apollo does not support this at all, to the best of my (current) knowledge). We have successfully set up a DN10000 with 4 controllers and 2 disks per controller (4 internal drives, 4 external drives). The Interphase controller is available from HP/Apollo parts for about $2400 list. The part number is 011031-001. Maxtor disk drives are available from numerous sources. Please notice that the list of vendors is _NOT_ my 'ESDI disk drive vendors' list -- it's my list of many vendors from an earlier posting about memory, disks, and other fun things. National Peripherals, Inc 1111 Pasquinelli Drive, Suite 400 Westmont, IL 60559 (312) 325-4151 ==> DNxxxx memory ==> 9000/400 series memory, I believe ==> Maxtor 8760E (697MB) disk drives ==> SCSI drives for 9000/400 series ==> Exabyte 8mm tape drives ==> other disk drives, etc. North Central Peripherals 14041 Burnhaven Drive, Suite 114 Burnsville, MN 55337 (612) 881-2302 ==> DNxxxx memory ==> 9000/400 series memory ==> Maxtor 8760E (697MB) disk drives ==> Exabyte 8mm tape drives ==> other disk drives, etc. AnDATAco Computer Peripherals 9550 Waples Street San Diego, CA 92121 (619) 453-9191 ==> DNxxxx memory ==> Maxtor 8760E (697MB) disk drives ==> Exabyte 8mm tape drives ==> other disk drives, etc. Infotek Systems 1045 S. East Street Anaheim, CA 92805 (714) 956-9300 ==> 9000/400 series memory Martech 1151 West Valley Boulevard Alhambra, CA 91803 (818) 281-3555 ==> 9000/400 series memory Digital Micronics, Inc 5674 El Camino Real, Suite P Carlsbad, CA 92008 (619) 931-8554 ==> 9000/400 series memory MDL Corporation 2667 170th Avenue SE Bellevue, WA 98008 (206) 643-7333 FAX (206) 643-5080 ==> ESDI and SCSI disks ==> Erasable Optical disks ==> Removable disks ==> SCSI QIC tape drives ==> DN2500 RAM -- jt -- John Thompson (I'M ENGAGED!!!!) Honeywell, SSEC Plymouth, MN 55441 thompson@pan.ssec.honeywell.com A pessimist sees the tunnel. An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel. The realist sees the tunnel, the light at the end of the tunnel, and realizes that it's an oncoming train.