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Article #41702Re: RLL controler for Maxtor xt-1140
From: Wm E. Davidsen Jr
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1990 01:43
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1990 01:43
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In article <25cc5b9a:18.1comp.sys.ibm.pc;1@nstar.UUCP> larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder) writes: | I would suggest the Adaptec 2372C controller. Many folks are using the | WD1006VSR2 but I (as well as others) have experienced problems using it | in extremely loaded multitasking/multiuser installations. I covered this in some detail in another posting, but just to clarify, there seems to be a lockup problem when running Xenix or UNIX on the WD with two drives. I'm told there is a patch for ix/386, and that it doesn't happen on a single drive system. The WD is about 3:1 faster than the Adaptek on Xenix. -- bill davidsen - sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX davidsen@sixhub.uucp ...!uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen "Getting old is bad, but it beats the hell out of the alternative" -anon
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: RLL controler for Maxtor xt-1140 Message-ID: <458@sixhub.UUCP> Date: 6 Feb 90 01:43:19 GMT References: <1576@mipos3.intel.com> <25cc5b9a:18.1comp.sys.ibm.pc;1@nstar.UUCP> Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen) Organization: *IX Public Access UNIX, Schenectady NY Lines: 16