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- From: gregj@kong.eng.hou.compaq.com (Greg Judkins)
- Subject: Re: ESDI hard drive
- Message-ID: <1993Jan9.021029.11598@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com>
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- Organization: Compaq Computer Corp.
- References: <1993Jan8.190332.20534@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com> <1993Jan8.192329.21468@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com> <93008.191729CHM103@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 02:10:29 GMT
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- In article <93008.191729CHM103@psuvm.psu.edu> <CHM103@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
- >In article <1993Jan8.192329.21468@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com>,
- >gregj@kong.eng.hou.compaq.com (Greg Judkins) says:
- >>
- >>>My next door neighbor at work has the following setup working on a
- >>>Compaq 486/25 EISA box:
- >>>
- >>>IDE controller with 120MB and 240MB drives
- >>>ESDI controller with 320MB drive
- >>>
- >>>This is working fine under DOS/Windows. Is there some special reason why
- >>>it would not work under OS/2?
- >>>
- >>>Greg
- >>
- >This is something that is possible only with a Compaq (I have heard of
- >this before) -- I am almost positive that this cannot be done on other
- >systems. Any other opinions. I would like to be wrong as I have an ESDI
- >drive now and can get an IDE pretty cheap.
- > Craig
- >
-
- I did some checking around here. It seems you are probably correct. Sorry,
- I sometimes take certain things for granted.
-
- Greg
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