Subject: Re: Danger: Hardware Recommendation Request
To: None <wonko@madness.tmok.com>
From: Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/16/1997 11:16:07
>Aron T. Roberts drunkenly mumbled...
>> * Adaptec 2940UW

>ok, this is sorta a hardware recommendation from the purely hardware aspect
>as well as a request for info on how well this hardware is supported.
>i am a HUGE fan of DPT SCSI hosts.  they do indeed kick ass.  if you are
>looking for stability and speed all in one package, then DPT is the way to
>go.  HOWEVER, i have no idea a) if these things are even supported in NetBSD
>and b) if they are, how well the drivers work.  

"Not yet"

There is one sitting in a machine behind me, with probing code
written, and nothing else.  I just need to find time to get further.
Last I heard, there was someone in the FreeBSD world in exactly the
same situation.

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