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From: j@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Adaptec 1542 A (no joke)
Date: 28 Jun 1993 18:06:15 +0200
Organization: Textil Computer Design GmbH, Dresden, Germany
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Message-ID: <20n4tnINN2bo@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de>
References: <209e3p$la8@sun.koblenz.fh-rpl.de> <wilko.740921690@spoetnix.idca.tds.philips.nl>
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In article <wilko.740921690@spoetnix.idca.tds.philips.nl> wilko@idca.tds.philips.nl (Wilko Bulte) writes:
>marenda@newshost.koblenz.fh-rpl.de (Juergen Marenda) writes:
>
>
>>will the 1542 A ( not B or C ) work with NetBSD ???
>
>>Someone will give me a 1542 A (defect floppy-controller, but scsi part ok)
>>and i would like to use it for NetBSD.
>
>It will work for 386bsd with the 0.2.3 patchkit. If netbsd took over
>the drivers it will work OK.
>
I've replaced a borrowed 1542B by an 1542A, without having patchkit 0.2.3,
no problem (with Julians SCSI drivers, of course).
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