Subject: Re: SCSI controler support
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Thomas Mueller <tmueller@bluegrass.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/20/2001 11:33:23
> There are no modern SCSI controllers that use the 5380.  The 5380 is a
> *VERY* old chip.

> --
>        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>

Maybe there are not many NCR 5380 SCSI cards still in use?  Might that be why
FreeBSD and OpenBSD don't support this chip and Linux support is unstable?

I still am not sure if the old Texel CD-ROM would read NetBSD CDs even with the
proper SCSI support, an issue of compatibliity of newer CDs with old CD-ROM
drives.  Maybe some CDs but not others?  If I want to preview NetBSD 1.5.1 on
this old computer, I could possibly do a DOS-based scripted FTP download with
56K modem; currently running DR-DOS 7.03.