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From: C588212@mizzou1.missouri.edu
Subject: SyDOS Problem, Solution.
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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 93 15:56:56 CDT
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I posted sever months ago about support of the SyDOS 88meg removable HD's
SCSI controller (ST01B - 8bit).  Well I got lots of mail asking me to report
my findings and it in...doesn't seem to have a chance.  The ST01 can be
configured without IRQ usage or on IRQ 5 or 7.  This means no IRQ 11 like
on the required SCSI in the docs.  There is still two questions on my mind.
1) What is a DRQ, I'm not familiar with this abriviation.
2) If I got another SCSI controller of either 8 or 16 bit type and they could
   be altered to use IRQ 11, DRQ 5, and the proper port address, would this
   work?  This would be much cheeper than the SCSI controller option presented
   in the docs I've been reading (***BSD is not a poor or nonresourceful man's
   undertaking).
I hope this helps.  And if anyone can shead light on these questions, let us
know, I (amoung a lot of people) are curious.
John Maier <c588212@mizzou1.missouri.edu>