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- From: luigi@iet.unipi.it
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Advice on SCSI controllers
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.161824.12780@di.unipi.it>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 16:18:24 GMT
- Article-I.D.: di.1992Nov16.161824.12780
- Sender: luigi@iet.unipi.it
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- Organization: Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Univ. di Pisa (ITALY)
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- Originator: luigi@pical2
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- Now that I have 386bsd up and running, I'd like to put SCSI devices on
- it. My problem is about the controller: the Adaptec 1542 is hard to find
- here in Italy (at least from my usual dealers), and is priced around
- $400, which might be a bit high. I can find very cheap no-name SCSI
- adapters for $70 or so, but they lack any technical documentation, so
- the vendor doesn't know nothing about compatibility with any model.
- I'm just checking to see if somebody knows something about them. The
- information I have are as follows:
-
- === #1 ===
-
- this is called "intelligent SCSI controller", can drive SCSI and
- floppies, has a SCSI centronics connector on the back and 2 flat-cable
- connectors (FDD + SCSI) on the top. On the top side it is printed
- "DC-126B". Is sold for about $200
-
- === #2 ===
-
- This is called "SCSI FDD+HDD controller model SUN 5231". It is quite
- small, with a couple of VLSI chip, 1 ROM, and 6 TTL buffers. Connectors
- are 2 for flat cable (34 and 50 pin) and the one on the back is a DB25.
- The documentation says it implements SCSI2, and one of the ICs is marked
- tmc950
-
-
- ==========
-
- So, if anyone knows what they are (or can reccomend SCSI controllers
- for which the drivers for 386bsd are available) I'd be very grateful.
-
- Thanks
- Luigi Rizzo
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- Luigi Rizzo Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione
- email: luigi@iet.unipi.it Universita' di Pisa
- tel: +39-50-568533 via Diotisalvi 2, 56124 PISA (Italy)
- fax: +39-50-568522
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