kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley) (03/10/90)
>> Kaleb > other Kaleb again >> In the past I have posted favorable reports about the functionality and >> reliability of ESIX. > >I tried calling them to ask about running the system on a 386SX with a >WD1006-SR2 controller card. (A 1:1 RLL card) They refused to say the system In the recent past, I also posted an article to this effect. Although the folks at ESIX categorically deny that ESIX will run on any RLL controller, the docs explicitly state that ESIX *does* run on an RLL controller. I too have a Taiwan 386SX with the WD1006-SR2 and will be happy to re-iterate that ESIX *does* work fine with the WD RLL controller. I have been using this combination for over three months now. As to why the people at ESIX don't know that it works with RLL, I can't say. I too called and asked before I bought, and was told that ESIX wanted to concentrate on the emerging technology and were leapfrogging from MFM, over RLL, to ESDI. I guess it's just another case of marketing not really knowing or understanding both the product and the market. kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov Jet Propeller Labs Kaleb Keithley spelling and grammar flames > /dev/null