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From: agnew@trwrc.UUCP (R.A. Agnew)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: Re: streaming tapes on ICM3216
Message-ID: <241@trwrc.UUCP>
Date: 29 Feb 88 22:19:54 GMT
References: <1988Feb23.204117.20583@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Distribution: na
Organization: TRW-MEAD, San Diego, Ca.
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Keywords: ICM3216  4.2BSD  streaming
Summary: Sorry about SCSI

In article <1988Feb23.204117.20583@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>, funke@ai.toronto.edu (Mark Funkenhauser) writes:
> 
> When we tried to plug in an ACB-5500 ( an Adaptec disk controller that
> DOES support disconnect/reconnect) we found that the system HUNG! 
> We eventually did get the ACB5500 to work, but only after disabling 
> I understand that this is all fixed in 3.4, but we have not tried it yet.
> 
 If you check my article I distinctly said that you must use version 3.4!

> WRONG! The ICM3216 systems that we received NEVER experienced the problems

  My apologies. I didn't verify the reports that the board didn't disconnect.
  I still maintain that using the b  switch doesn't enable streaming, it only
  masks the problem by transferring a huge block. Where did you ever get the idea 
  that the Sun3's wre PC's? I have dozens of users hooked up to them. A Sun4 can
  support 32 - 64 users as well as any Vax!