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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:47818 comp.os.386bsd.questions:3781 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:60146 comp.windows.x.i386unix:2494 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.windows.x.i386unix Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!uunet!nih-csl!helix.nih.gov!crtb From: crtb@helix.nih.gov (Chuck Bacon) Subject: Re: SUMMARY: 486DX2/66 for Unix conclusions (fairly long) Message-ID: <1993Jul13.154658.10146@alw.nih.gov> Sender: postman@alw.nih.gov (AMDS Postmaster) Organization: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda References: <1993Jul12.122937.20476@taylor.uucp> <hastyCA2CCK.L9E@netcom.com> <21srqe$25t@sylvester.cc.utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1993 15:46:58 GMT Lines: 43 In article <21srqe$25t@sylvester.cc.utexas.edu> vax@sylvester.cc.utexas.edu (Vax) writes: >In article <hastyCA2CCK.L9E@netcom.com> hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes: >>Also, among similar operating systems and machines one can take lets >>say external SCSI dat tape drives, CD-ROMS or large disks and plug >>them in another system. Yes, it is possible to use scsi devices in >>different architectures but I don't want to get into that. >> >There are a few other points you forgot to mention. [ .. stuff deleted .. ] >4) It's easy to get SCSI devices over the net because it's not an >ugly IBM/Intel/ISA-ism. I.E. It's a standard in the real sense that >it's used more than most other PC interfaces(**). What's really worried me about SCSI interfaces for 386bsd, is that I've seen discussed on comp.os.386bsd.*, only *ONE* brand name, with only *ONE* model, and even there, there are difficulties in the choice of the A or B model suffix. In the IDE world there are Quantum, Conner, Maxtor, and a host of others, delivering a commodity. And they all seem to work. At least I haven't heard any queries about this or that IDE drive not working with 386bsd. I expected to have problems with my serial and parallel ports, since my IDE disks, floppies, two serial and one parallel port, are all run out of one ASIC! The part numbers visible on the board give me no clue (nor does the manual) as to whether the serial ports have a FIFO, nor whether the parallel port implements bidirectional data; but the HD and FD interfaces seem to work. And I've just rebuilt the kernel after having good success using the GENERICISA. [ .. stuff deleted .. ] >Protect our endangered bandwidth - reply by email. NO BIG SIGS! >VaX#n8 vax@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu - finger for more info if you even care. Sorry; perhaps I should have bought a SCSI board. But I bought this system at CompUSA, and everything is "generic Taiwan," meaning you get precious little information about what it's compatible with. -- Chuck Bacon - crtb@helix.nih.gov ( alas, not my 3b1 )-: ABHOR SECRECY - DEFEND PRIVACY