CDC wren V drives

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Written  9:05 am  Apr 20, 1989 by ddsw1.UUCP!karl in cpe:comp.unix.xenix
>In article <2919 at gaboon.UUCP> asv at gaboon.UUCP (Stan Voket) writes:
>>A client is interested in a CDC wren V hard disk 383 or 442 Mbyte drive. 
>>I'm convinced these are fine pieces of equipment having used several wren III's
>>in the past with great success. The question is has anyone used these 
>>lager drives for xenix and if so what ESDI controller do you recommend. Can 
>>xenix understand disks of greater than 1024 cylinders and 16 heads?
>
>16 heads, no.  1024 cyls, yes.  The CDC drives are excellent in my
>experience, but a little pricey.

I believe that 2.3GT supports 64 heads (obviously a fictional drive geometry).

			Paul Chamberlain
			Computer Product Engineering, Tandy Corp.
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