[comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware] Help with Hard Disk Controller

labodt@swift.cs.tcd.ie (01/15/91)

Hi there,

I have an old WD 100? HD and FD controller  (? 1 or 2) and 
would like to upgrade to a newer conroller which can also drive
1.44 MB FD.

I was looking at the wd1006 an AT MFM HD controller with an 
interleave of 1:1. 

If anybody out there has experience with this or other MFM controllers
I would like to hear about this.

Has anybody heard about the wd1008 controller ?

Thanks for your help

Thomas

shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake) (01/19/91)

labodt@swift.cs.tcd.ie writes:

>I have an old WD 100? HD and FD controller  (? 1 or 2) and 
>would like to upgrade to a newer conroller which can also drive
>1.44 MB FD.
>I was looking at the wd1006 an AT MFM HD controller with an 
>interleave of 1:1. 

	I'm running a 1006V, which is a more recent version of the 1006.
I currently support Xenix/386, ISC UNIX, and (when I have to) DOS. Never
a problem. My system (a NEC 386/20) runs a 1.44 floppy off an embedded
controller, but (assuming your BIOS supports such floppies) the version
of the 1006V with floppy support should work fine. 

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