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Hello,

At last, I have decided to upgrade my 386 machine, running ISC 2.2.1 unix,
and I would welcome some advice concerning upgrading the hard disk, and 
also tape backup, in both cases using SCSI peripherals.

My present hard disk is a 140 Mbyte IDE drive. If I upgrade to SCSI, will
a SCSI drive be able to coexist under UNIX with the existing IDE drive? 
If so, will I be able to physically install it, for example in one of the
spare slots, because otherwise there simply isn't enough spare space in
the box? In terms of SCSI disk capacity, I'm thinking in terms of about
300 Mbyte.

I would also like to install a SCSI tape drive. I know even less about
tape backup than I do about SCSI disks, but I understand that there are
several formats in use. Which one is best? Also, again, space may be a
problem, although there is a vertically-oriented knockout-panel available,
of about the same size as that required for a 3.5" floppy disk drive. 
Would I be able to use this space for a tape drive?

Finally, the SCSI controller, which do I need, 16-bit or 8-bit? Apart from
speed of operation, does it matter?

So, I suppose my request boils down to the following:
1. Can I install a SCSI hard disk and tape backup, while still using my 
   IDE disk drive?
2. Which type of SCSI controller and format of tape backup do I need?
3. Which brands and models are recommended?

All help and advice given will be appreciated. I will post a summary of responses to the net, if interest warrants.

Please respond by email, as I don't have real access to the News.

Regards, Paul

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Paul Moore,                       email: sp_pm@space.alcbel.be
Alcatel Bell Telephone,
Space Deptartment TS664,          phone: (+32) 3/829.5024
Berkenrodelei 33,
2660 Hoboken,
BELGIUM.


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