Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!nstar!larry From: larry@nstar.rn.com (Larry Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: ESIX X386,NFS Questions Message-ID: <1991Apr25.174348.17059@nstar.rn.com> Date: 25 Apr 91 17:43:48 GMT References: <1991Apr24.190221.3144@fiver> Organization: NSTAR, Indiana's LARGEST BBS 219-289-0287/317-251-7391 Lines: 14 reference Future Domain - stay away -- We at one time used FD boards in our boxes - and besides poor technical support, doggy throughput, and lack to a 16 bit transfer path - the boards (that we were buying) appeared to die over a period of 12-18 months.. Finally, we replaced all the FD boards with Adaptec 1542 controllers and haven't had any problems since. -- Larry Snyder, NSTAR Public Access Unix 219-289-0287 (HST/PEP/V.32/v.42bis) regional UUCP mapping coordinator {larry@nstar.rn.com, ..!uunet!nstar.rn.com!larry}