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From: tlhilde@ecn.purdue.edu (Troy Hildebrand)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Difference between a 386 and a 386sx
Message-ID: <1990Sep28.211234.29785@ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 28 Sep 90 21:12:34 GMT
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Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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Ok, everybody...I've decided to go with a 386sx, thanks for all the
useful information you provided.  In short, it seems that all software
written for the 386DX will work with the 386sx.  The jury is still
out on whether or not software is able to tell the difference between
the two.  Some people claim yes, some no.

Now that the processor has been decided, I have ordered a computer.
And I want to run Intel Unix on it.

The problem is, the manager at the firm from which I purchased the
computer claims that the usual controller card they normally ship 
with SCSI drives is 'incompatable with Unix'. (He indicated that it 
was not compatable with any versions of Unix.)

The controller card is the ST02 Seagate conrtoller, the drive is a
Seagate 80 Mb SCSI drive.  Is there any reason why this is so?  Is this
true?

I thought maybe they just did not have the proper device driver
for the drive...Could this be so?  If so, does anyone have a driver
program for the ST02 controller?

He did offer me an alternative (of course!)...For an additional chunk
of money I can purchase a Future Domain (controller card) 'clone'.

Is this necessary?  I hope not, because I am already over budget.

Please respond by mail, with suggestions of what i might do, explanations
of anything which i seem to mis-understand (or which you know better 
than I) or pointers on how i might investigate writing a driver for this
hardware setup.

Thanks..

Troy
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