Subject: Re: Future hardware concerns
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Zach Fine <czyz@u.washington.edu>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/20/1996 18:38:14
On Mon, 20 May 1996, Ted Lemon wrote:

>
> > I'm not trying to come across as peeved here, but telling someone
> > "I used it months ago and it was buggy so don't get it" isn't exactly
> > doing them any good. I'll agree, there are bugs in the driver more than
> > likely still, but there are bugs in a lot of the kernel code in general...
>
> There are lots of reasons not to by Adaptec products.  Unless they
> have finally relented and started releasing their technical
> documentation without requiring people to sign NDAs, I think it's
> entirely reasonable to recommend somebody else's product instead.
>

So which SCSI adapter manufacturer has a more liberal information release
policy?  I'm in the market for a PCI SCSI fast wide controller that I can
use under NetBSD for normal use and under Windows95 for direct to disk
video recording.  What should I buy?

-Zach Fine
czyz@u.washington.edu