Microport hardware compatibility query

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3 total messages Started by Steve Wechsler Mon, 11 Feb 1991 15:30

#93

Author: Steve Wechsler
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 1991 15:30

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Does anybody have or know where to get a list of hardware that is compatible
with Microport V.2.4?  In the manual they only have a list of new hardware
in the release notes (at least, that's all I could find).

I am looking to purchase a PC that I will be able to run this system on, but
I want to make sure my hard drive will be compatible.  Will Microport
support IDE drives (in the docs, they make mention of an ESDI drive, and I
understand that IDE is software compatible with ESDI? Hopefully?)?  I'm
pretty sure it doesn't support SCSI.

Also, any help on compatible or incompatible video options would be of help.

Thanks.
-- 
"Watch?? I'm gonna pray, man!  Know any good religions?" -- Zaphod Beeblebrox

- Steve Wechsler

Re: Microport hardware compatibility query

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Author: andrew.d.hay
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 1991 13:51

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In article <1991Feb12.034759.22478@mp.cs.niu.edu> bennett@mp.cs.niu.edu (Scott Bennett) writes:
"In article <1991Feb11.153041.23329@sbcs.sunysb.edu> pmartino@csserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (Steve Wechsler) writes:
[]
">							Will Microport
">support IDE drives (in the docs, they make mention of an ESDI drive, and I
"
"     No.

i'm surprised.  ide drives mostly (exactly?) look like plain-vanilla
dos drives+controllers; their claim-to-fame is bundling the controller
electronics with the drive electronics on the drive.  they should be
indistinguishable from mfm drives and conventional controllers, to the
software...

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Re: Microport hardware compatibility query

#101

Author: G. Simon Gales
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 1991 11:36

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I have a Seagate 1144A (125 megs, IDE) running under SCO 286 Xenix 2.2.3, with
no problems a all.  Actually, the only hard part was setting up CMOS, because
the AT's bios wouldn't believe the drive had 35 sectors/track...

-- 
                    Simon Gales@The University of Kentucky
      simon@ms.uky.edu    simon@UKMA.BITNET    {rutgers, uunet}!ukma!simon

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