phil@lindy.Stanford.EDU (Phillip Lee) (02/07/90)
I have couple of questions concerning with ESIX and I wonder if anyone out there would have experience/answer to them. 1) Which 1:1 RLL controller is supported on ESIX rev C ? Anyone have experience with a DTC 7287 RLL or WD 1:1 RLL ? Does anyone have problems connecting two (2) RLL drives on one controller? Is it possible to have a MFM and a RLL controller on ESIX ? 2) I know that Orchid Prodesigner 512K at 1024x768 is supported on ESIX but does it run on interlace or non interlaced mode ? Does it flicker ? 3) Can I have both V-7 VRAM at 800x600 and an Orchid Prodesigner at 1024x768 on the same system with ESIX X window ? Does ESIX X window support any res at 256 colors ? 4) When is rev D and system V ver 4 available and how much will it cost ? Well, it is more than couple of questions and I am sure alot of ESIX owner would like to know the same things. I will post a summary to usenet. Thanks in advance. Phil
jde@everex.UUCP (-Jeff Ellis) (02/10/90)
In article <7904@lindy.Stanford.EDU> phil@lindy.Stanford.EDU (Phillip Lee) writes: > I have couple of questions concerning with ESIX and I wonder if >anyone out there would have experience/answer to them. > 1) Which 1:1 RLL controller is supported on ESIX rev C ? We officaly do not support any RRL controlers. We do know that some people are using the RRL WD1006 and some are using the Adaptec. We have not tested these with enough diffrent brand and type of drives to give them support. > Is it possible to have a MFM and a RLL controller on ESIX ? The only combinations of drive controllers that work with ESIX are: SCSI with st506 and SCSI with ESDI. > 2) I know that Orchid Prodesigner 512K at 1024x768 is supported on > ESIX but does it run on interlace or non interlaced mode ? We support both interlaced and non-interlaced with this card. > 3) Can I have both V-7 VRAM at 800x600 and an Orchid Prodesigner at > 1024x768 on the same system with ESIX X window ? We do NOT support two vidio cards in one system. > Does ESIX X window support any res at 256 colors ? 256 color X is being worked on, but if it is too slow on non-smart vidio cards it may not see a production. For a compleate Compatibility list you can call ESIX sales at (415) 683-ESIX -- Jeff Ellis ESIX SYSTEM/V A Division Everex Systems Inc. US Mail: 1923 St. Andrew Place, Santa Ana, CA 92705 UUCP: uunet!zardoz!everex!jde
kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley) (02/13/90)
In article <467@everex.UUCP> jde@everex.UUCP (-Jeff Ellis) writes: >In article <7904@lindy.Stanford.EDU> phil@lindy.Stanford.EDU (Phillip Lee) writes: >> I have couple of questions concerning with ESIX and I wonder if >>anyone out there would have experience/answer to them. >> 1) Which 1:1 RLL controller is supported on ESIX rev C ? > >We officaly do not support any RRL controlers. We do know that some people >are using the RRL WD1006 and some are using the Adaptec. We have not tested >these with enough diffrent brand and type of drives to give them support. > Just for the record, I am running ESIX (rev C) with the WD1006 RLL card. But the funny part is, that when I read the documentation, I found that the ESIX manuals do state, unequivocally, that ESIX does support RLL. Chewey, get us outta here! kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov Jet Propeller Labs Kaleb Keithley
jose@hpsad.HP.COM (Jose Gomez-Rubio (SEED Student)) (06/16/90)
Two questions for ESIX users: 1) Does ESIX support RLL controllers? If so, what are the procedures for formatting the hard disk to use RLL? 2) Does ESIX support monochrome VGA under X-Windows? 3) Thanks for the info. -- jose@hpsad.hp.com