Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!shadooby!accuvax.nwu.edu!tank!eecae!cps3xx!usenet From: usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: ESDI vs SCSI Message-ID: <2680@cps3xx.UUCP> Date: 22 Apr 89 23:31:55 GMT References: <3400010@cpe> Organization: Engineering, Michigan State U., E. Lansing MI Lines: 16 in article <3400010@cpe>, neese@cpe.UUCP says: >>True, SCSI requires the kernel twiddling. False, ESDI doesn't: it works >>out of the box (once you figure out what the low-level parameters are: drive >>type, etc). This is the case with SCO Xenix, anyway. > > False again, SCO has support for SCSI also. Please elaborate. I have both SCO 2.2.3 and 2.3 and haven't come across it. Support for which type of SCSI controller? We use a controller compatible with a Future DOmain 840 and have to use Future Domain driver. John H. Lawitzke UUCP: ...rutgers!mailrus!frith!jhl Dale Computer Corp., R&D ...decvax!purdue!mailrus!frith!jhl 2367 Science Parkway ...uunet!frith!jhl Okemos, MI, 48864 ...uunet!frith!ipecac!jhl