I have an Apex PCMCIA SCSI adapter, which is a rebadged Trantor
T460 (now owned by Adaptec).  I've included the dmesg output below.
Is there any hope for it?

Jan 19 19:40:50 laptop /netbsd: NetBSD 1.4.1 (LAPTOP) #0: Sun Nov 21 23:16:48 PST 1999
Jan 19 19:40:50 laptop /netbsd:     jnemeth@laptop.dyn.fibrenet.com:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/LAPTOP
Jan 19 19:40:50 laptop /netbsd: cpu0: family 4 model 3 step 5
Jan 19 19:40:50 laptop /netbsd: cpu0: Intel 486DX2 (486-class)
Jan 19 19:40:50 laptop /netbsd: real mem  = 37617664
Jan 19 19:40:50 laptop /netbsd: avail mem = 33366016
Jan 19 19:40:50 laptop /netbsd: using 484 buffers containing 1982464 bytes of memory
Jan 19 19:40:50 laptop /netbsd: mainbus0 (root)
Jan 19 19:40:50 laptop /netbsd: isa0 at mainbus0
Jan 19 19:40:50 laptop /netbsd: com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns8250 or ns16450, no fifo
Jan 19 19:40:50 laptop /netbsd: wdc0 at isa0 port 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14
Jan 19 19:40:50 laptop /netbsd: wd0 at wdc0 channel 0 drive 0: <TOSHIBA MK6412MAT>
Jan 19 19:40:50 laptop /netbsd: wd0: drive supports 16-sector pio transfers, lba addressing
Jan 19 19:40:50 laptop /netbsd: wd0: 6194MB, 13424 cyl, 15 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 12685680 sectors
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 2
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: vga0 at isa0 port 0x3b0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: wsdisplay0 at vga0: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378-0x37b irq 7
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: spkr0 at pcppi0
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: sysbeep0 at pcppi0
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0-0xff: using exception 16
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB, 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: pcic0 at isa0 port 0x3e0-0x3e1 iomem 0xd0000-0xd3fff: using irq 3
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: pcic0: controller 0 (Intel 82365SL Revision 1) has socket A only
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: pcmcia0 at pcic0 controller 0 socket 0
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: pcmcia0: CIS version PCMCIA 2.0 or 2.1
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: pcmcia0: CIS info: Trantor Systems, Ltd., T460 SCSI Host Adapter, Version 0.22
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: pcmcia0: Manufacturer code 0x12f, product 0x1
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: pcmcia0: function 0: unspecified, ccr addr 8000 mask 1
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 8: I/O card; irq mask d4a8; iomask a, iospace 360-36f; rdybsy_active wp_active bvd_active io16 irqlevel
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 9: I/O card; irq mask d4a8; iomask a, iospace 350-35f; rdybsy_active wp_active bvd_active io16 irqlevel
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 10: I/O card; irq mask d4a8; iomask a, iospace 340-34f; rdybsy_active wp_active bvd_active io16 irqlevel
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 11: I/O card; irq mask d4a8; iomask a, iospace 330-33f; rdybsy_active wp_active bvd_active io16 irqlevel
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 12: I/O card; irq mask d4a8; iomask a, iospace 260-26f; rdybsy_active wp_active bvd_active io16 irqlevel
Jan 19 19:40:51 laptop /netbsd: pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 13: I/O card; irq mask d4a8; iomask a, iospace 250-25f; rdybsy_active wp_active bvd_active io16 irqlevel
Jan 19 19:40:52 laptop /netbsd: pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 14: I/O card; irq mask d4a8; iomask a, iospace 240-24f; rdybsy_active wp_active bvd_active io16 irqlevel
Jan 19 19:40:52 laptop /netbsd: pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 15: I/O card; irq mask d4a8; iomask a, iospace 230-23f; rdybsy_active wp_active bvd_active io16 irqlevel
Jan 19 19:40:52 laptop /netbsd: aic0 at pcmcia0 function 0 port 0x360-0x36f: unable to detect chip!
Jan 19 19:40:52 laptop /netbsd: apm0 at mainbus0: Power Management spec V1.0
Jan 19 19:40:52 laptop /netbsd: apm0: battery life expectancy: 0%
Jan 19 19:40:52 laptop /netbsd: apm0: A/C state: on
Jan 19 19:40:52 laptop /netbsd: apm0: battery charge state:charging
Jan 19 19:40:52 laptop /netbsd: biomask 4040 netmask 4040 ttymask 40ca
Jan 19 19:40:52 laptop /netbsd: wscons: wskbd0 glued to wsdisplay0 (console)
Jan 19 19:40:52 laptop /netbsd: boot device: wd0
Jan 19 19:40:52 laptop /netbsd: root on wd0a dumps on wd0b