Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!vaxine!wjh12!n44a!ima!haddock!johnl From: johnl@haddock.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: A second hard disk for an IBM XT - (nf) Message-ID: <45@haddock.UUCP> Date: Mon, 30-Jan-84 23:38:00 EST Article-I.D.: haddock.45 Posted: Mon Jan 30 23:38:00 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 1-Feb-84 01:48:20 EST Lines: 18 #R:dartvax:-64600:haddock:13200007:000:743 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 PS: Followups to net.micro.pc, please.