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From: src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (Heiko Blume)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: AT&T SVR4 and 1542B
Keywords: SCSI, SVR4, 1542B, 1740, EISA
Message-ID: <1991May25.152757.28400@scuzzy.in-berlin.de>
Date: 25 May 91 15:27:57 GMT
References: <1991May23.222751.25722@smsc.sony.com>
Organization: Contributed Software
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tin@smsc.sony.com (Tin Le) writes:
>  I've been informed by Dell that they have a customer who is using the
>1740 with their SVR4 and their machine.  However, he has to use the
>1542B emulation mode of the card as there is no driver for the 1740
>native mode.  That's too bad because you won't get any benefits that
>EISA and the 1740 (possibly) offers.  IMHO, it's a waste of money.

that is not correct, the 1740 will do 32bit DMA in both modes.
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