Second IDE port not working on PC164

[Jay Estabrook]

On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 09:59:06PM +0200, Steven Moix - Axianet.ch wrote:
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> Maybe a stupid question, but what do you mean with "PYXIS idiosyncracies"?

PYXIS is the core logic (north bridge equiv) on LX and SX (and MIATA).
Under certain conditions, DMA traffic could cause the hardware to hang.
Early MIATA had the most problems, LX and SX many fewer, and final MIATA
(aka MIATA-GL) none to speak of, due to amount of add-on hardware fixes.

> And completely off-topic, but does someone know where to buy more modern
> mobos as the LX? For exemple an XP1000..

One most likely can't (or wouldn't want to) find XP1000 as a mobo
only, as it requires a custom case to hold it all (ie mobo plus CPU
daughtercard)...

Same is true for DS10/DS20/etc, not only for custom case but power
supply as well.

LX/SX were the last mass-market (:-) "mobo" products from DEC.

And yes, there were some DEC TOEM boards (TAKARA/EIGER) that one could
get as mobo-only, but AFAIK they were never sold in any quantities
approaching that of LX/SX...

 --Jay++

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