Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!ateng!chip From: chip@ateng.ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Future Domain SCSI controller for AT bus Summary: Avoid! Message-ID: <1988Oct10.131128.3477@ateng.ateng.com> Date: 10 Oct 88 17:11:27 GMT References: <522@m3.mfci.UUCP> Organization: A T Engineering, Tampa, FL Lines: 26 Well, this machine (ateng) is a '286 machine with a Future Domain TMC-870 combination SCSI and floppy controller. A summary of my experience is: 1. Installation is a pain and a half. 2. It works. 3. It's slow. Installation is trouble since A WORKING XENIX SYSTEM IS REQUIRED. That's right, folks, you need to have Xenix working on another system to create a kernel with the Future Domain drivers. It does work; it has been working here, trouble-free, for months. It's *slow*. I don't know why; perhaps the driver writers didn't know about the sleep() call. It seems -- not that I know for sure -- that the driver actually has *wait loops* in it. Gag. > Is this board related in anyway to the Tandy SCSI board ? > (I though the Tandy board was micro channel only) No. The Tandy (actually Adaptec) SCSI board is a *fast* alternative for the AT bus. But you need Xenix 2.3 to use it. -- Chip Salzenberg or A T Engineering Me? Speak for my company? Surely you jest! Beware of programmers carrying screwdrivers.