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Started by Rob Henry
Thu, 31 Dec 1992 05:38
Hard drive question,please read and reply
Author: Rob Henry
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 05:38
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 05:38
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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?
Re: Hard drive question,please read and reply
Author: Joe Trott
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 15:07
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 15:07
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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
Re: Hard drive question,please read and reply
Author: Jeff Thomas
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1993 00:00
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1993 00:00
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Your 8-bit WD controller should work in an AT. Just because some card is only an 8-bitter doesn't mean that it won't work in an AT. The ATs were designed to take all 8- and 16-bit cards designed for the ISA bus.
Re: Hard drive question,please read and reply
Author: Stephen Dennison
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 18:59
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 18:59
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In article <1993Jan1.000036.1130@fcom.cc.utah.edu>, jeff@anthro.utah.edu (Jeff Thomas) writes...
>Your 8-bit WD controller should work in an AT.
If it's an XT specific controller, isn't there some duplication of the AT's
CMOS BIOS table function ? Didn't the XT controller have some of the functions
in a built-in bios chip while the AT controller relied on the AT's own ROM
Bios for these routines and disk mapping and such ?
>Just because some card is
>only an 8-bitter doesn't mean that it won't work in an AT. The ATs were
>designed to take all 8- and 16-bit cards designed for the ISA bus.
Granted, but it *still* has to be an AT compatible controller, doesn't it ?
-- Stephen
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Pen questions.
Author: you Object-Oriented?)
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 12:38
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 12:38
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Does anyone know a source for the pen sensetive lcds. Also I am looking for alight pen for a tandy 1000sx. Does anyone know where I can find one.
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