Does ESIX still not support RLL?

Kaleb Keithley kaleb at thyme.jpl.nasa.gov
Wed Apr 24 01:27:37 AEST 1991


In article bill at pyrite.UUCP (Bill Pechter) writes:
>In article I wrote:
>>In article kentkar at shambala.uucp (Kent Karrer) writes:
>>>It is nice to see a unix vendor offering an upgrade to R4.0 at a reasonable
>>>cost. But does ESIX still not support RLL disk controllers?
>>
>>The myth that ESIX doesn't support RLL controllers is a bit of marketing
>>hype.  ESIX documentation states unequivocally that ESIX does support
>>RLL, and I can unequivocally state that both 5.3.2.C and 5.3.2.D both
>>support RLL very nicely.
>
>But when I call them and ask if it'll run with my Perstor controller they
>refuse to say it will.  I can't see laying out the money for a copy of
>Unix that may not work on my machine.  If they could tell me that it works
>the check would be in the mail today.

I didn't say anything about ARLL, which is what the Perstore is.  ESIX
Rev C didn't work with the Perstore.  I haven't tried Rev D yet.

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