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Date:      Mon, 27 Nov 1995 22:40:22 -0800 (PST)
From:      bmk@dtr.com
To:        roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert)
Cc:        wilko@yedi.iaf.nl, FreeBSD-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Translation Adaptec 1542 versus NCR810
Message-ID:  <199511280640.WAA00603@dtr.com>
In-Reply-To: <199511270750.IAA21813@keltia.freenix.fr> from "Ollivier Robert" at Nov 27, 95 08:50:53 am

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> It seems that Wilko Bulte said:

> > Quick question: is  the translation mode used  by a Adaptec 1542A (32 hd,
> > 64  sect or the other way  around (I always  forget)) the same as the one
> > used by a NCR810 ?

> I'm afraid not... Last time I installed a disk in a friend's machine with a
> NCR, it used something like 33hd/63sect or 63hd/33 sect :-(

I suppose that it's dependant on physical drive size or phase of the
moon.

It worked here when I upgraded from a Buslogic 445 (which uses the same
translation as Adaptec 1542) to an NCR810.

Go figure.




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