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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsjunkie.ans.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!sunserver.insinc.net!news.Direct.CA!cynic.portal.ca!curt From: curt@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Commerical OS's (was Re: aha0: DMA beyond end of ISA) Date: 16 May 1995 16:57:19 GMT Organization: Internet Direct, Inc. Lines: 26 Message-ID: <3palhf$bpv@stud.Direct.CA> References: <3o833b$9qe@anshar.shadow.net> <3oapjc$dg9@sundog.tiac.net> <MICHAELV.95May12222703@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> <3pajqu$k0k@enigma.uniserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca In article <3pajqu$k0k@enigma.uniserve.com>, Tom Samplonius <tom@haven.uniserve.com> wrote: >In article <MICHAELV.95May12222703@MindBender.HeadCandy.com>, >michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com says... >> >>In the mean time, you can use the NCR 53c810 PCI SCSI cards, as well >>as the BusLogic bt946c, under NetBSD with excellent results. >> > The NCR controller is buggy with 1.0. There are far too many >different versions of the 946C out there, with many compatibility >"gotchas" with many motherboards. I have a working NCR 53c810 controller driver for NetBSD 1.0, if anybody needs a copy. (It's one by Wolfgang Stanglmeier and Stefan Esser, dated 95.02.21, pl16.) I've been using it since about that date, and it works just fine for me. I use an ASUS PVI-486SP3 motherboard with the matching PCI SCSI controller. cjs -- Curt Sampson curt@portal.ca Internet Portal Services, Ltd. Beside the willow'd river bank Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 Repose I, still and thinking...