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From: fortinp@bwdls56.bnr.ca (Pierre Fortin)
Subject: Re: Atari and the ICD SCSI Controller, will it work?
Message-ID: <1990Dec7.194104.26837@bwdls61.bnr.ca>
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Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
References: <38357@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 90 19:41:04 GMT

In article <38357@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, UNM409%DBNRHRZ1.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Volker A. Brandt) writes:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Carsten Schiers <schiers@MCSHH.HANSE.DE> asked:
> 
> >the question arose, whether Minix 1.5.10 will work with the ICD SCSI
> >Host Adaptor. I remember something with the ICD clock on this controller,
> >which works as a device #6. So I think everything would be o.k. with it.
> >Do I have to recompile or would it run out of the box?
> 
> Minix ST 1.1 runs out of the box if you stick to the first four 'normal'
> partitions on the disk, and don't use the 'extended Supra-style' partitions.
> 
> SUPPOSEDLY, Minix ST 1.5 will use the higher partitions.  Unfortunately, I am
> unable to verify this, since 1.5 doesn't like my Minix partitions -- they were
> created with the GNUKernel 1.1.  Either I made a mistake recompiling 1.5 or it
> simply doesn't work.

I am running PH ST1.5 "out of the box" with an ICD HA; no problems yet...

> The clock on SCSI unit #6 doesn't hurt -- in fact there is a program that reads
> it during startup, thus setting always the correct date.

I use the megartc program, I have never tried the ICD clock, so I can't comment 
on this.



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