From: ianj@citrus.SAC.CA.US ( Ian Justman ) Subject: Re: 8 Bit XT Controller Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1993 01:23:59 GMT
mamia!linux@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (Max Southall) writes:
: Someone mentioned that an 8-bit XT controller won't work, but it
: does seem possible to build a Linux system that will recognize it.
: You need a machine that uses an already-supported disk to build
: it, but there are drivers that claim to do it on tsx-11...
Those claims are true. They do work. My system is proof.
In fact, Pat Mackinlay and I are working on the Western Digital part
of the code (I'm the one with the WD card who's been extensively testing
it for him). I'm going to make a few tweaks for him to improve some of
the parameters in the autodetect routines. Another observation, the code
is pretty decently fast. Not as blazing as you might expect from the regular
hard drive code, but it's decent enough.
-- Born to void warranties! ianj@ijpc.UUCP