Subject: Question about Adaptec vs BT SCSI
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org, port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Natasha Petry <jfk@eniac.seas.upenn.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 09/28/1994 12:13:21
Hi,
My apologies for possibly sending this to the wrong mail lists (and please
inform me of the proper channels;), but I had a question:
1) Does NetBSD-current for i386 support Synchronous and Fast SCSI2
operations on the 1542CF?
2) Considering the problems in getting specs for the new PCI Adaptec
cards, does this mean that there is going to be no further
improvement on current EISA and ISA Adaptec drivers?
3) I've heard a lot of people recommend the BT cards. Can someone
tell me more about this card (ie, capabilities, specs, cost, etc)
and whether they recommend it over the 1542CF? Also, if someone
can point me to a distributor (I've not been able to locate the
cards). I'm interested in ISA, EISA, and PCI information.
4) Can someone tell me about the NCR chipset for PCI SCSI? Does
BT use this set?
5) The ISA DMA overrun problem found on ISA machines with more
than 16 MB of RAM - does NetBSD handle this gracefully, or are
files written during this problem corrupted?
Thanks for your help;)
Cheers,
Jake
jfk@seas.upenn.edu