Re: attaching EMC drives to 170

Guys,

I don't know about you folks but we've not had alot of long term good luck
with attempting to mix and match vendor hardware on the box.  Further,
anyone's DASD that REQUIRES a PC to make it run kinda scares me...


Not, printers and terminals, that's another story....I'll hang DD printers
and terminals all day...



On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, Larry Bolhuis wrote:

> There are no drive controllers supported on the 170 to which you can attach
> external DASD.  I have heard rumors that DD did state that they had a way to 
>use
> some of the internal only (6532/6533) controllers to support external disk but
> neither of those will fit into a 170 either.
> 
>  - Larry
> 
> Terry Richardson wrote:
> > 
> > Does anyone know if we can attach EMC 9337-486 DASD (30gb) to a model
> > 170-2290?  We're replacing this unit on our production 530 with some larger
> > ones and want to make use of it if possible.
> > 
> > TIA
> > 
> > Terry Richardson
> > Sr. P/A
> > The Orvis Company, Inc.
> > 802-362-8663
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