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In article <CD0uxL.BtC@molly.uucp>, Jim Vlcek <uunet!molly!vlcek> wrote:
>It's not that I couldn't get UnixWare to install on a system - I'm sure I  
>could.  It's just that I don't have the time to screw around with interrupts  
>and drivers and configurations &c.  Getting old, I gues...

It's really not that bad.  Basically, if you've got the interrupts set so that
everything works under MS-Windows it will work under UnixWare.  An exception
is that under Unix, your parallel printer port WILL use IRQ7.  DOS and Windows
do not use the interrupt for the printer.  So if you've got a sound card
or something else on IRQ7 you'll have to change it.

>So, I called a vendor mentioned in one of the Unix rags earlier this year -  
>said they knew a thing or two about Unix on Intel.  Here's the offer they made  
>me:
>
>  486-66 3-slot VESA LB + ISA motherboard (custom design)

Did they say who makes this board?  Who's chipset and BIOS is it?

>  5.25" and 3.5" floppy drives
>  16Mb main memory (4x4Mb SIMMS)
>  BusLogic VESA SCSI host adapter

I don't know if the VESA version of the BusLogic is supported under UnixWare.
the EISA version works great (BT-747s).  There is an enhanced-mode driver
available from BusLogic for this card, if you can figure out their tech
support and BBS...

My vendor told me there are more compatibility problems with the VESA
host adapters than there are with EISA or ISA.

>  545Mb SCSI drive
>  1280x1024 video (2Mb Metheus S3-928 card)
>  Snitily drivers for X11R5
>  SMC Ethernet card

Check and make sure these cards are supported.  Get a model number and reference
the Univel Hardware Compatibility List (available by fax from the 1-800 number).

>  Price: $3354 (sans monitor)
>  UnixWare installation: $285
>
>Does this sound like a reasonable offer?  In particular, I'm wondering what  
>experiences people have had with the BusLogic host adapter and the SMC Ethernet  
>card.

We love the BT-747s SCSI adapter (this is the 10MB/s EISA adapter).  It comes
up looking just like an AHA-1542 unless you tell it to do otherwise.  I have
retrieved the native-mode UnixWare driver from the BusLogic BBS but haven't
had a chance to try it yet.  I should be able to later this week.

Steve
-- 
Steve Ward, Jr., System operator
School of Engineering, University of Portland
Portland OR
steve@up.edu

In article <CD0uxL.BtC@molly.uucp> uunet!molly!vlcek (Jim Vlcek) writes:
>
>  486-66 3-slot VESA LB + ISA motherboard (custom design)
>  5.25" and 3.5" floppy drives
>  16Mb main memory (4x4Mb SIMMS)
>  BusLogic VESA SCSI host adapter
>  545Mb SCSI drive
>  1280x1024 video (2Mb Metheus S3-928 card)
>  Snitily drivers for X11R5
>  SMC Ethernet card
>  Price: $3354 (sans monitor)
>  UnixWare installation: $285
>
>Does this sound like a reasonable offer?  In particular, I'm wondering what  
>experiences people have had with the BusLogic host adapter and the 
>SMC Ethernet card.

Buslogic has three cards with UnixWare drivers, BT-542B, BT-542D & BT-545S.
These have been tested according to the Univel Dec-92 hardware compatibilty 
handbook. I would stil prefer an Adaptec 1542, just to be sure of course.
See too it that you get drivers with the Buslogic cardd, they aren't included.

SMC EtherCard PLUS boards are also tested. Drivers to the 8003 line is 
included. The 8013 line has drivers but they are not included, and are only
supported in 8 bit mode (No fun).
Anyway, I would use an NE2000. Also just to be sure.

Can't find anything on the Metheus board. Maybe an ATI graphics Ultra would
be a safer deal (haven't tried it).
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