Format.dat for CDC9720-1230?

[Russ Poffenberger]

In article <10320 at brazos.Rice.edu> jms at tardis.tymnet.com (Joe Smith) writes:
>In article <9892 at brazos.Rice.edu> xait!mgb at cs.utexas.edu (Michael G. Burner) writes:
>>Isn't the correct name of Xylogic's controller the "7053"?  Why do people
>>insist on dropping the "0"? 
>
>My understanding of these controllers is that only 2 disks can be attached
>to the 753 (xy0 and xy0), but 4 disks can be attached to the 7053
>(xd0-xd3).  Therefore the "0" is significant.

This is incorrect. Both the 753 and 7053 are functionally equivalent, both
supporting up to 4 drives. The difference is... 

753 small (6u) vme size.
7053 large (9u) vme size. Developed primarily for Sun systems.

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