On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 12:03:51PM -0500, Peter Seebach wrote:
> In message <20010923.164143.63225289.he@uninett.no>, Havard Eidnes writes:
> >Finding a new SCSI card that is supported by SRM is probably going to
> >be difficult.  First off, this depends on the SRM variant you're
> >using; my information is for an Alpha PC164.  For the NCR/Symbios
> >cards, you will probably need an original plain 810, not 810a, and
> >that's a narrow card.  For the Qlogic, you also apparently need
> >hardware which is considered slightly "historic" at this point --
> >Qlogic 1020, again a narrow card.  I have a Qlogic 1040B in mine, and
> >SRM does not recognize it as a bootable device.
> 
> There are rumors that *some* Symbios 875 cards work.  It appears that the
> TekRam DC390F revision 2 cards worked, and the revision 3 cards don't.
> 
> Unfortunately, no one has revision 2 cards anymore.

One source worth trying might be David Turner at Island Computers
(www.islandco.com). He was selling a bunch of PC164LX boards a while
back (probably still has some) and seems to have figured out several
sources of working aftermarket SCSI cards.

I'm surprised the Qlogic 1040B doesn't work, as that's the "same" card
as the DEC KZPBA, which is supported by SRM/VMS/Tru64 (I know that
information doesn't necessarily transfer to the PC164LX board, of
course). Are you using the latest firmware on the PC164LX?

Graham
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Graham Allan
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