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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:12417 comp.unix.bsd:6445 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.sysv.r4 Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!afgun From: afgun@engin.umich.edu (Andrew F. Gunnesch) Subject: Re: IN2000 support Message-ID: <kg6-SD_@engin.umich.edu> Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 11:53:59 EDT Organization: CAEN, University of Michigan Summary: Allways Technologies refuses to provide documentation References: <1992Oct12.015307.24710@NeoSoft.com> Sender: afgun@engin.umich.edu Followup-To: comp.os.linux Keywords: Allways IN2000 SCSI Linux ESDI Nntp-Posting-Host: beck.engin.umich.edu Lines: 27 In article <1992Oct12.015307.24710@NeoSoft.com> peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >I notice that few UNIX releases seem to support the Always Tech IN2000 SCSI >bus card. Why is this? It's the cheapest SCSI card I've seen with tape support, >so why is it not better supported? > >Is anyone *working* on an IN2000 driver for Linux or 386BSD? Does Coherent >support it? > >On another subject, what's a good cheap ESDI controller? >-- >Peter da Silva. <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>. The IN2000 is a fairly cheap SCSI card for ISA. It is also the fastest card I have used under DOS so far. Unfortunately, the company that manufactures this card adamantly refuses to give out programming doc- umentation on the card, so it is virtually impossible to write a driver for it. On the subject of cheap ESDI, I have successfully used the Data Technologies DTC-6180 (we bought them for $79). A sister card, the DTC-8280 is supposedly the same thing but with a floppy controller on-board as well. -- Andrew F. Gunnesch /-\ "I disapprove of what you say, but I will afgun@caen.engin.umich.edu | | __ __ __ defend to the death ==> Evil CAEN sysadmin <== |===| |__| | | | | | | your right to say What? I just work here | | | |__| |__ |__ |__| it." --Voltaire