Re: 7300 orig drive speed & AT compat.

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From: Larry McVoy
Date: Mon, 18 May 1987 18:09

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In article <1321@ethos.UUCP> cliff@ethos.UUCP (Cliff Elam) writes:
>3> If (read when) I get a bigger drive (probably the 72M Miniscribe),
>can I sell my old 20M'er to an PC/AT type user?  I really don't need
>a 20M doorstop, thank you.

Yeah, probably.  They both are st506 drives.

>Oh, yeah, why can't you put more than one drive in a 7300? Never did hear
>a good reason for that.

Because the idiots didn't bring out the drive select lines from the disk
controller to the bus.  Jeezz...

Larry McVoy 	        lm@cottage.wisc.edu  or  uwvax!mcvoy

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