Re: Hard drive question,please read and reply

Article View: comp.periphs

Article #1220

#1220

From: Joe Trott
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 15:07

19 lines
1091 bytes

ah157@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Rob Henry) writes:

>I just bought a seagate st251 hd and a western digital 8 bit 
>conbtrol card and have also just been told that it
>won't work with my 80286(the card that is) because it is
>only 8 bit.
>Is this true?

No, it is not true...BUT...
The 8-bit WD card has boot ROM on it to deal with the hard disk.  For this
reason, you must tell the BIOS of your 286 that you have *no* hard disk(s)
installed.  The machine will boot from the controller, just like an XT.
Unfortunately, with an 8-bit card, performance will be poor, like an XT.
Chances are, you'll only be able to get 3:1 interleave.  If you get a
true 16 bit card, you'll be able to set interleave to 2:1 or even 1:1.

-JTT

Technical Details

Message-ID: <1992Dec31.150709.3300@dcatlas.dot.gov>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dcatlas!joet

References: <1hu107INNhvm@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dcatlas!joet
From: joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott)
Subject: Re: Hard drive question,please read and reply
Message-ID: <1992Dec31.150709.3300@dcatlas.dot.gov>
Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
References: <1hu107INNhvm@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 15:07:09 GMT
Lines: 20

Reply to Parent Message