Re: Linux supported VLB SCSI Cards

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From: Paul Gortmaker
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 00:00

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rosscoe@mpx.com.au writes:

>In <4hgj53$dsd@fred.netinfo.com.au>, dshaw@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_DOMAIN_FILE (Cactusplant) writes:
>>Hey.
>>
>>Uh - I'm about to turf my old AHA-1510 because I am going to run SCSI 
>>hard disks in my Linux box. I have VLB/ISA bus with no plans to goto PCI 
>>for a Linux bos.

[...]

>I know its not Adaptec, But the Buslogic 445S card works with Linux.

You should be glad of that too. The aic7xxx cards have to be "loaded"
with their firmware, so to speak, akin to the NCR '810 cards. The
mailbox interface of the BusLogic cards like the 445S or 445C is
much more tested by users, and very stable. Also Adaptec cards are
still rumoured to be more sensitive to minor cabling/termination
"infringements" as compared to other vendors products.

Also there are AMI VLB SCSI cards that are hardware compatible with
the BusLogic cards. These even come in a caching variety.

Paul.

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From: gpg109@leonard.anu.edu.au (Paul Gortmaker)
Subject: Re: Linux supported VLB SCSI Cards
Date: 1996/03/07
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