Subject: Re: Asante & IIci cache card
To: None <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: Ulrich Hausmann <ulrich.hausmann@a2e.hp.shuttle.de>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/14/1999 00:24:28
On 20:11 Uhr +0200 13.06.1999, Dave Schmitt wrote:

> Back when I was in charge of lab maintenance here, we had a couple of
>labs
> of IIcis; most of them used Asante cards and, at the time, we used
>BNC. I'm
> trying (and failing) to remember the model used; I think it was the
>MacConi
> or MacCon3. Regardless, all of the MacCon Nubus series is supposed to
>work
> in the IIci (See <URL:http://www.asante.com/products/p_ad8.html>). On the
> MacOS side, you will need to install the drivers and IIRC we had severe
> problems with the 5.6 drivers and instead always used 5.5.x drivers. Have
> you tried using Asante's Troubleshooter application in MacOS?
>
> FWIW, in NetBSD I'm using either an Apple or "Gator" card on my IIci;
>I may
> be able to scrounge up an Asante card and try it...

I tried with both installers, but both failed. On Mac side my
environment is:
MacOS 7.6.1, OT/PPP, BNC. See my reply to Allen as for the results I
see in the Troubleshooter program.

Strange is, the card works fine in the IIsi . . .(???)

Thanks for jumping in & kind regards,

Ulrich