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Subject: Re: A second hard disk for an IBM XT - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 30-Jan-84 23:38:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 30 23:38:00 1984
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haddock!johnl    Jan 30 11:19:00 1984

At the moment, if you want to run PC/IX on your PC, you need the IBM
controller and disks.  PC/IX is happy to use both disks.  It even lets
you define more than one partition per disk, which is occasionally handy
and can make selective backup more convenient.

We have a bunch of two-disk systems, some with Miniscribe disks and some
more recent ones with Seagates.  It appears that if your disks work at
all, they'll work forever.  We had some DOA trouble but our dealer (Sears
in downtown Boston) swapped them for us.  Another problem was a power
supply that worked fine with one disk but feeped when you plugged in two.
Again, they swapped it and we've had no trouble since.

John Levine, ima!johnl

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