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ZEOS & Unixware

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From: Tom Cross
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 1995 18:47
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For those of you who are interested in running Unixware on a Zeos 
machine, here is my experience:

I purchased a Pantera Pentium 75Mhz with 24MB RAM, 1GB SCSI HD, 4x 
CD-ROM, Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM PCI video, and the SCSI chip from ZEOS.

Here's what I found out:

  The CD-ROM is an IDE CD-ROM drive made by ATAPI and as far as I know, 
   it doesn't work with Unixware.
  The SCSI chip that I got was an AMD 79C974 which is not supported by
   Uniware either (there are Linux drivers - I hear).
  The Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM is very fast, but the driver is about a 
   week away for Unixware X windows.

I had to purchase an Adaptec 2940 (PCI) to get Unixware to run, plus a 
SCSI CD-ROM (NEC).  When I got these devices, Unixware installed and runs 
fine, except for the fact that it is much too fast! :)

I also purchase the ZYNX Ethernet board which is also a PCI card.  The 
device has excelent Unixware support!  Plus, it is noticably faster than 
normal ISA ethernet cards!!

Overall, as long as you don't plan on using their SCSI chip or their 
CD-ROM, the machine is excelent!  It has got to be the fastest PC I've 
ever used, if not the fastest UNIX box I've touched...

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Tom Cross             Voice: 612-253-1020    FAX: 612-253-6956
System Administrator                  E-mail: tomc@kendeco.com
Kendeco Industrial Supply               Info: info@kendeco.com
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Subject: ZEOS & Unixware
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 1995 12:47:18 -0600
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