Thanks Allison,

It has been a while since this--and I don't even have the
machine anymore, but I guess I can consider this debunked.
At the time it was VMS-5.5.4.  I was using the machine as
an X-terminal for want of it running real-X.  
(http://www.sporner.com/personal/andy_01.jpg 
sitting on it's side next to my big Sequent server).

Thanks again!


Andy


> -----Original Message-----
> From: allisonp@world.std.com [mailto:allisonp@world.std.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 4:42 PM
> To: Andy Sporner
> Cc: 'Chuck McManis'; port-vax@netbsd.org; classiccmp@classiccmp.org
> Subject: RE: New drives in the M3100/M76
> 
> 
> I tried a quantum SCSI I had (120mb) for laughs and it works 
> fine after
> test-75, same for a bunch of other brands, some only needed 
> to be "init"
> from VMS to be useable.  I have no clue as to the fuss.  I have:
>  
> 1 3100/m76
> 3 3100/m10e
> 
> None seems to have much problem with anything I have floating 
> around for
> disks save for the 1gb limit on the /m10s for bootable system disks.
> 
> Allison
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, Andy Sporner wrote:
> 
> > 
> > > It is entirely possible to put non-DEC third party drives in 
> > > the VAXStation 3100/M76. 
> > 
> > Maybe somebody can clarify something for me.  I had an 3100/M38
> > a few years ago and had to buy a disk for it.  At the time I 
> > bought a Quantum 210 MB drive.  In order to use it with VMS
> > I had to get a special utility that I ran from my PC with the
> > drive and had to turn off the "Write-Preallocation" feature
> > off on the drive.  
> > 
> > Is this strictly a VMS thing?
> > 
>