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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!sgiblab!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!malgudi.oar.net!caen!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.cs.columbia.edu!mail Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Date: Mon, 5 Oct 92 19:23:06 EDT From: lim@cs.columbia.edu (Jong Gyun Lim) Message-ID: <9210052323.AA08308@cs.columbia.edu> Subject: Re: Gateway 486, Wangtek 5150 & Sun tape drive, KCL In-Reply-To: <1992Oct4.170255.4029@spcvxb.spc.edu> References: <CMM.0.90.2.718183986.lim@cs.columbia.edu> Organization: Columbia University Department of Computer Science Lines: 39 In article <1992Oct4.170255.4029@spcvxb.spc.edu> you write: >In article <CMM.0.90.2.718183986.lim@cs.columbia.edu>, lim@cs.columbia.edu (Jong Gyun Lim) writes: > [other encouraging answers saved away] > No problems, although you do have a second controller generating heat, etc. >The 1542B uses different I/O ports from the IDE controller. On my BSDI system >I ran a 210Mb IDE, 760Mb SCSI, and the tape all at the same time. > > Your budget and possible growth plans should be considered when thinking >about converting the IDE to SCSI. Is the IDE controller on the motherboard >or on an expansion card? I decided to stay with IDE HD, and ordered the Wangtek 5150ES and Adaptec 1542. (Gateway offered me $200 upgrade option for the controller, so now I am only risking $550 rather than $600. heeuh.) The IDE controller is on an expansion card. So, I will have two controller cards generating heat. Will be kinda nice in the winter :) To summarize the answers that I received through e-mail, XFree86 currently does not support Gateway ATI Ultra Pro Video card or other 8541/A based video cards (thanks Rik Faith and Kevin Martin for your answers.) 386BSD does support HP IIIP with a package called "psf" or "psf3", which is available from all archives (thanks Hellmuth Michaelis for you answer.) > > Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing > terry@spcvxa.bitnet St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA > terry@spcvxa.spc.edu +1 201 915 9381 Jong-Gyun Lim