Re: SMD controller for AT

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From: John R. Levine
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1986 15:52

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In article <16@mit-prep.ARPA> saj@mit-prep.ARPA (Scott Jones) writes:
>Basically I need 500 megabytes (or so) of pretty fast disk storage. Is
>there an SMD controller for the IBM AT? Has anyone tried using a *real*
>hard disk on the AT (like an eagle)? How does it perform? Does Xenix
>support such hardware?

In the next room we have a PC-AT with an Eagle interfaced through a controller
from Interphase Corp. in Dallas TX, 214-350-9000.  It has worked like a charm
for the past two years.  Under DOS, it appears as drives D: through O:.  We
use it as a network server disk.  No idea about Xenix support.
-- 
John Levine, Javelin Software, Cambridge MA +1 617 494 1400
{ decvax | harvard | think | ihnp4 | cbosgd }!ima!johnl, Levine@YALE.ARPA

The opinions above are solely those of a 12 year old hacker who has broken
into my account, and not those of my employer or any other organization.

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Subject: Re: SMD controller for AT
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Date: Fri, 14-Mar-86 10:52:46 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 14 10:52:46 1986
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Keywords: SMD Interphase IBM-PC
Summary: Get one from Interphase in Dallas

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