Does ESIX still not support RLL?

Bill Pechter bill at pyrite.nj.pyramid.com
Tue Apr 23 23:30:07 AEST 1991


In article <1991Apr22.210543.27730 at thyme.jpl.nasa.gov> kaleb at thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley) writes:
>In article <1991Apr21.155642.1586 at shambala.uucp> kentkar at shambala.uucp (Kent Karrer) writes:
>>It is nice to see a unix vendor offering an upgrade to R4.0 at a reasonable
>>cost. But does ESIX still not support RLL disk controllers?
>>
>
>The myth that ESIX doesn't support RLL controllers is a bit of marketing
>hype.  ESIX documentation states unequivocally that ESIX does support
>RLL, and I can unequivocally state that both 5.3.2.C and 5.3.2.D both
>support RLL very nicely.
>

But when I call them and ask if it'll run with my Perstor controller they
refuse to say it will.  I can't see laying out the money for a copy of
Unix that may not work on my machine.  If they could tell me that it works
the check would be in the mail today.

Bill
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