Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!batcomputer!itsgw!steinmetz!uunet!ingr!proctor From: proctor@ingr.UUCP (John Proctor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro Subject: The saga of the $300 Disk Controller (Final chapter) Message-ID: <2203@ingr.UUCP> Date: 1 Jun 88 16:58:38 GMT References:Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, Al Lines: 28 Well, DEC does it again! The scheduled ship date was in July but it arrived yesterday. DEC never could schedule deliveries, I have always had that problem (in Canada and Australia too). But at least this time it was on the right side of the ship date. Well I could not control myself, before supper I took over the kitchen table and installed the little beast. No problems! I used WUTIL to format and partition the drive (Miniscribe 3425, yes it is slow but its a lot faster than RX50s!). I used DSKPREP to get the loaders straightned out as I use CPM and MS-DOS. Works marvelously but I did not get the DEC diagnostic disk for the option. Who cares for now, I am enjoying the speed! I have not heard from anyone regarding the compiler availability for the Rainbow yet. I am interested in both C and FORTRAN. Current literature from DEC does not mention any so who do I talk to? John D. Proctor | Usenet: {ihnp4,uunet}!ingr!jdp!proctor Intergraph Corp. | ARPAnet: uu.net.uunet@ingr!jdp!proctor | US Post: 1 Madison Industrial Park Usual Disclaimers Apply | Huntsville, AL 35807-4201 A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. "Self Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson