Subject: Re: Funky SCSI card
To: Kevin P. Neal <kpneal@interpath.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-sun3
Date: 04/22/1996 11:25:55
On Thu, 18 Apr 1996 21:16:36 -0400
"Kevin P. Neal" <kpneal@interpath.com> wrote:
> I got a Sun FPA board. What the heck is this? I noticed it had two big
> heatsink-like Amp parts on it. Anybody know exactly what this thing is?
> How is it used? And can NetBSD be made to work with it, what is involved
> exactly with this?
If I remember correctly, a Sun FPA is a Sky board. You might be able to
dig up some docs on it (there were Sky boards for other VME-based
computers, too). Making it work might be a little harder ... I don't
even recall what the user interface looked like under SunOS.
> The last thing I got was a Ciprico RF 3523 (model name located in board finger,
> very nice!). This looks like a heck of a SCSI card for a Sun3 or Sun4 (I
> assume sun3). It's a 1990 board copyright! It has lots and lots of blank space
> on it, because by that point sun boards had real chips instead of millions
> of pals.
>
> The SCSI chip on this board is a WD 33c92a. It looks to be the same family
> as the 33c93 on the mvme142, and 33c93a on the A3000. Any info on this chip
> around? The board also has an AMD part number 80186-10, with a 1978 Intel
> copyright notice. I assume this means the SCSI is handled totally onboard.
Contact Ciprico ... I've heard they're good about documentation. I might
even have a manual for that card somewhere...I'll look around.
> Oh, and if anybody knows how to use the "xtc0" tape controller, talk to me.
> I can't get my 9-track drive working.
No driver for the Xylogics tape, yet. Might call Xylogics about a manual :-)
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