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From: rmtodd@uokmax.UUCP (Richard Michael Todd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MINIX
Message-ID: <415@uokmax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 14-Jan-87 10:07:49 EST
Article-I.D.: uokmax.415
Posted: Wed Jan 14 10:07:49 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 16-Jan-87 00:45:36 EST
References: <1028@botter.cs.vu.nl>
Organization: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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Summary: How do you tell if the HD's compatible?

In article <1028@botter.cs.vu.nl>, ast@botter.cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes:
> Q2: How compatible does a machine have to be to run MINIX?
> A2: It needs a NEC uD765 chip as floppy disk controller, a Motorola 6845 as
>     video controller, etc.  If the hard disk controller is nonstandard, the
>     hard disk won't work, but the rest will.  
This raises an interesting question: how can one tell if one's hard disk
controller is compatible or not (besides getting a copy of MINIX and trying it)?
Does anyone know what type of chips the "standard" controller uses so that I
can see if mine has the same type?
Incidentally, my machine is a Clone (yes, that's the name) by Aerocomp, a
company in Fort Worth.  So far I haven't found anything it won't run.
Thanks for any info anyone out there can give.
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