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From: chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux,comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Query: Drivers for AHA >1522< ?
Message-ID: <2A6B89E3.7DE5@tct.com>
Date: 21 Jul 92 03:52:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: tct.2A6B89E3.7DE5
Organization: TC Telemanagement, Clearwater, FL
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I am thrilled to find that my 386 boots Linux and 386BSD 0.1.  I am
glad to see widespread support for the AHA 1542 SCSI host adapter.
However, being the proud owner of an AHA _1522_, I'm wishing that
386BSD and/or Linux could support what I have.  And given the relative
prices of the 1542 and 1522 (the latter is $100 cheaper), there must
be many other people in my position.

So (1) is there anyone who could write such a driver -- perhaps by
making modifications to the 1542 driver(s)?  And if not, (2) is there
anyone who would donate an 80M IDE drive to a skilled yet modest
programmer who happens to own a 1522, so that _he_ could write such a
driver?

And, just to make followups more likely, (3) what is the difference
between the 1542 and the 1522?  Perspiring minds want to know!

Let's broaden SCSI support in the free-UNIX arena, shall we?

[ Oh, yes: please followup to the appropriate groups... ]
-- 
Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT  <chip@tct.com>, <73717.366@compuserve.com>
   "Do Rush place weird subliminal backmasked messages in their songs to
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