larry@nstar.rn.com (Larry Snyder) (02/19/91)
rbe@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM (Robert Bernecky) writes: >1. Does anyone have experience using the Perstor (double-your-dasd-size) >card on a 386sx with a Seagate 200mb hard drive under Interactive's >386/ix unix system? those boards are reported to work with Interactive Unix release 2.02 - but the throughput is very slow - about 60% of that which can be obtained when using a fast 1:1 RLL controller. Since the Perstor controllers run the drives beyond factory specs - these controllers have been known to work with very few drives - and quite frequently have pushed drives.. A much better investment would be purchasing a drive of the size you need and running it with an approved controller.. -- Larry Snyder, NSTAR Public Access Unix 219-289-0287 (HST/PEP/V.32/v.42bis) regional UUCP mapping coordinator {larry@nstar.rn.com, ..!uunet!nstar.rn.com!larry}
marz@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (martin.zam) (03/01/91)
>Apologies if this is a FAQ, but I'm new to this group, and need a quick >response (by email is fine). > >1. Does anyone have experience using the Perstor (double-your-dasd-size) >card on a 386sx with a Seagate 200mb hard drive under Interactive's >386/ix unix system? > >2. Any special drivers, etc. required with it? > >3. Problems with it? > >4. Should I buy one? >Thanks.. >Bob Bernecky >Snake Island Research Inc. > >ps: How is it with ms-dos? > > Well, It work fine with ISC 2.0.2 and with DOS 4.01 for me. I tried it with an old non-descript 20Mbyte 80ms MFM drive, an 80 Mbyte 28ms ST4096 and a 88Mbyte 15ms ST1100. All of the drives I tried are MFM type. I've heard that this also works with RLL drives, but haven't tested this. It work flawlessly with all of these drives once I got the board replaced with the current bios on board. People at Perstor and Hard Drives International tried dozens of tricks with me on the phone, but nothing short of the latest bios got me running. I don't recall what the bios rev was but it worked flawlessly with all of the drives above. What kind of drive is your 200Mbyte? I don't know of any 200Mbyte MFMs? Hope this helps, Martin Zam (201)564-2554