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From: rick@Apple.COM (Rick Auricchio)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: SCSI devices under multifinder under AUX 2.0...
Message-ID: <39926@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 29 Mar 90 17:48:17 GMT
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In article <1990Mar28.214349.3497@smurf.sub.org> urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs) writes:
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>At least the "New" SCSI manager call, as promised for System 7.0, should be
>pretty trivial to implement. Just create a special device /dev/scsi and a
>special ioctl whose third argument points to the parameter block. Or
>something.
	True, but it isn't yet operational for us to use.  Your idea is
	very likely workable.  Gene Dronek (Vulcan Labs) and Rich Morin
	(Canta Forda Computer Lab) have been developing a /dev/scsi
	implementation for several platforms, including A/UX.  It's
	been quite a while since we worked with them, but I think that
	idea's time may come soon.
>
>The "old" SCSI manager, of course, is another problem.
>I don't think it is possible to sensibly map that beast onto the A/UX notion
>of how to do SCSI.
	That's for sure.  Might work for some drivers, might be dicey.
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