Re: MFM drive gone nuts

From: smf <smf_at_null.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:05:02 +0100
Message-ID: <51703AAAD54A4E3DAC49B476B3FCA27E@smf>
>When I said early PC's, I meant early PC's with fixed  IDE definitions in 
>the BIOS. XT class machines didn't store drive definitions in BIOS, that 
>was the job of the controller.

I assumed by early pc's you meant around 1981-1986.

Fixed IDE types in the BIOS were a problem and there were issues moving IDE 
drives between computers with different BIOS.
You also can have problems with swapping drives between RAID controllers, I 
saw problems moving SCSI drives between controllers in unix.

I think there were similar stories with Amiga controllers, it wasn't just a 
PC thing.


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