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From: heiser@sud509.ed.ray.com (Bill Heiser - Unix Sys Admin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: which scsi ctrl to use?
Keywords: unix scsi 386 sco interactive esix
Message-ID: <16@tdw205.ed.ray.com>
Date: 7 Aug 90 01:09:40 GMT
Sender: heiser@sud509.ed.ray.com (Bill Heiser - Unix Sys Admin @ Raytheon Company, Sudbury MA)
Organization: Raytheon Company, Equipment Division, Sudbury MA
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I am building a 386 machine to run Unix, and would like to use some
sort of SCSI card to drive SCSI drives (not sure what kind of drive
yet).

I've heard reports that the *ix's are fussy about which drive you use.
Some say the Adaptec 1542B is just fine, others say it is incompatible
with certain hardware.  I think someone mentioned the 1522, but I'm 
not sure if that was a Unix person or a DOS person...

What I'd like to find out is which SCSI controller to buy ...  I 
obviously need to get one that is compatible with both my hardware
and whatever OS I decide on.  I'm still debating between ESIX, SCO UNIX,
and Interactive UNIX, but ESIX has the edge due to price.  (do each of
these OS's work with different scsi boards, or is there one board that
will work with them all?)

Will any of the controllers work with any scsi drive?

My hardware config is as follows:

80386-DX/25Mhz
Chips chipset
AMI Bios dated 04/09/90
8 Megs of 70ns RAM (1Meg DRAMs)
ATI VGA Wonder w/512K
NEC Multisync II

Any comments, suggestions, etc, would be appreciated.  I hope to select
a unit sometime soon.


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