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Re: Western Digital Controller -- HELP!

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From: Mike Mitchell
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1986 18:19
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> In article <693@bnrmtv.UUCP> perkins@bnrmtv.UUCP (Henry Perkins) writes:
> >> I have an IBM/XT with a 20 Meg Tulin and I want to add a 30 Meg Seagate
> >> Full Height (ST4038). The controller that I am using is the Western
> >> Digital Auto Configuring WX2.
> >> 
> >> Mike Mitchell
> >
> >I'm not sure you can use 2 drives of different sizes; you couldn't with
> >previous versions of the WX2.
> >
> >I suggest giving Western Digital a call at (408) 356-6067.
> >-- 
> >{hplabs,amdahl,3comvax,okstate}!bnrmtv!perkins        --Henry Perkins
> 
> I beg to differ, but my WD 1002 WX2 can be set for one ten and one twenty meg
> drive very easily, or any combination the four lookup tables hold for that
> matter.
> 
> Just for the record........

The western digital controller seems to be onw of the more adaptible
controllers that I have worked with. Since that first posting, I have
managed to get the western digital to support a number of drives of different
sizes running simultaneously. Currently it is running the 20Meg Tulin and
30 Meg Seagate combination. It has run a 20Meg Tulin/30Meg Tulin, 20Meg 
Seagate/20Meg Seagate/20Meg Tulin/10Meg IBM(??) as well as toher configuratons.

FYI

Mike Mitchell
myxm@lanl.arpa
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