On 31 Aug 2007 at 18:28, Jules Richardson wrote:
... from what I remember the hard disk portion of
the controllers is
compatible across the whole range - so if you just need to drive a hard disk
with it, then any OMTI board will do (it doesn't have to be a 5400). Lots of
systems used to use these boards (and so are a possible source of spares), but
I doubt they've been produced for quite a few years :-)
Definitely not compatible throughout the whole range, if that's what
this is. Some of these were RLL 2,7 drive interfaces. I've got two.
Hmm, I'd forgotten they did RLL ones too - were they the 7xxx series? I'm
pretty sure all 5xxx boards are interchangeable anyway (subject to them
providing the required interfaces), and I *think* they're supposed to be
compatible with an earlier non-5xxx board.
I've had various systems using the 5xxx boards, but I don't think I've ever
run across any of the others fitted to anything.