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Re: Adaptec SCSI controllers query

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From: Timothy Hu
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 23:39
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> compatible.  For example, an old version of BSD368 (a PC Unix) would not
> boot from a 1542A, due to some minor difference.

I seem to have heard this from someone somewhere. What I remember is
that someone told me that there are two commands that are in the B that
are not in the A version. However, there exists almost no software that
uses either of these commands. BSD386 must be altered *slightly* to boot
from the A version.
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Timothy Hu timhu@ico.isc.com	 | The intelligence (or lack of) expressed
Interactive Systems Corporation  | above does not necessarily reflect the
Resource Solutions International | that of anyone else.
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Subject: Re: Adaptec SCSI controllers query
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