wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher,,255RTFM,255rtfm) (11/25/90)
>>Does anyone know whatever happened to Wells American Corp? >>PC Computing said that Wells American "mysteriously" closed their >>doors. I take this to mean they weren't bankrupt. >I would simply write it off to experience and stay with standards from now on. >Any other clone box would have been a better choice from that direction. Well, the Wall Street Journal just reported that Northgate is having problems. I don't recall the exact details, but I think they just defaulted on a major loan. It was in Wednesday or Friday's edition if you want to look it up and get the whole story. -- A host is a host from coast to coast.....wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu & no one will talk to a host that's close............(305) 255-RTFM Unless the host (that isn't close)......................pob 570-335 is busy, hung or dead....................................33257-0335
bstone@convex.com (Barry Stone) (11/27/90)
I have recently acquired a Compaq Portable Computer, a Seagate ST251-1, and a Western Digital hard disk controller (says F300 WDXT-GEN2 on the card), all without documentation. I am trying to get them to play together. When I plug the controller into the PC, it won't boot from the existing floppy and floppy controller. Is the WD controller a floppy controller as well as a hard disk controller? How do I cable it up to the hard disk and one floppy drive? Can I daisy-chain the hard disk to the floppy with the 34-wire ribbon cable that the floppy uses? Do I need to change any jumpers on the hard disk? Which connector does the 20-wire ribbon cable go to on the controller? Do there need to be any jumpers set on the 4-pin jumper block on the controller? Thanks for any and all help.