Denys writes:

> It's actually even simpler than that.
>
>  On MPE, you should be able to connect any size SE SCSI or Fast SCSI disk
> drive
>  using any name you see in IODFAULT.PUB.SYS for such a disk drive, for
> example
>  ST34573.  The main thing is to make sure the DM (device manager or driver)
> that
>  gets used is SCSI_DISC_DM.  This also applied to CD-ROM.

Actually, I'd say that the better adjective is "more confusing," not
"simpler," at least until you understand what's going on.

Things either mean what they say they mean -- or they don't. For an old-time
HP3000 user, like me, who has been "taught" to get things dead right the
first time, with every decimal point and underscore in its proper place, or
suffer the consequences of having the machine crashing mysteriously, the
ability to stick in any name you want for the disc driver field in SYSGEN and
have the MPE ignore what you type in and then have MPE work it out properly
has to what you "meant to say" is a new world order for someone who was
brought up under MPE/V.

Don't get me wrong. I have always been a fan of autoadaptive designs, and I
like the way this works on MPE now. I'm just not too sure "simpler" is the
proper word to describe the condition while you're still required to enter a
"proper" driver for a new disc -- and if it's your first time doing it.

Wirt