Large ESDI Disks

From: jpero_at_sympatico.ca <(jpero_at_sympatico.ca)>
Date: Sat Feb 2 10:06:39 2002

> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 13:52:46 -0600
> Subject: Re: Large ESDI Disks
> From: jeff.kaneko_at_juno.com
> Reply-to: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org

Jeff wrote:

> On Fri, 1 Feb 2002 21:24:22 +0000 jpero_at_sympatico.ca writes:
> > The biggest ESDI HD I have currently; 1.3GB and second biggest is
> > 800MB (working w/ ultrastor U24F. Problem is with that Micropolis

> handle these: The WD-1009, and the Ultrastor 12F-24.
>
> I purchased a WD-1009 over the holidays, but haven't had the
> opportunity to test it. There are two versions of the WD-1009:
> One with a BIOS and one without. The ones without are utterly
> *worthless* (unless you're using it in a Compaq DeskPro that
> supports it).
>
> I don't even want to talk about the 12F-24. These things are
> so rare, I've seen maybe one or perhaps two offered on E-Pay
> in the past four years.

That it, that is 12F-24 I have, both of my Micropolises requires
24MHz. Both are 1.0GB and 1.3GB I think unformatted.

> Q-Bus 24MHz controllers are far more common, but troublesome
> to obtain nonetheless.

Trouble is, I don't have a vax. :-P

Cheers,

Wizard
Received on Sat Feb 02 2002 - 10:06:39 GMT