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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!gateway.dircsa.org.au!cleese.apana.org.au!apanix.apana.org.au!miff From: miff@apanix.apana.org.au (Michael Smith) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: EISA SCSI controller suggestions? Date: 18 Sep 94 15:02:49 GMT Organization: Apanix Public Access Unix, +61 8 373 5485 (5 lines) Lines: 29 Message-ID: <miff.779900569@apanix.apana.org.au> References: <358n99$6ek@Mercury.mcs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: seldon.apanix.apana.org.au mikebo@MCS.COM (Michael Borowiec) writes: >PS> Could someone tell me what the big deal is with the 2742? Adaptec won't release the programming details except under nondisclosure. >The card can't be THAT different from its forbears, can it? Yes. >Isn't there someone out there that could figure it out by now? That's technically illegal, and not nearly as as easy as you seem to think. Yes, it's possible, but it requires a significant amount of equipment and time. >I can't believe Adaptec doesn't WANT people to write drivers >for this card! They do. They just don't want information on how to program it to be spread around. I think they're silly, so does most of the free-unix world. They think they're smart... go figure. >Michael Borowiec All tied to their things, -- # mike smith : miff@apanix.apana.org.au - Silicon grease monkey # # "The question 'why are the fundamental laws of nature mathematical' # # then invites the trivial response 'because we define as fundamental # # those laws which are mathematical'". Paul Davies, _The_Mind_of_God_. #