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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!haven.umd.edu!cs.umd.edu!ra!tantalus.nrl.navy.mil!eric From: eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil (Eric Youngdale) Subject: Re: Adaptec 274X SCSI adapter Message-ID: <CE832s.HJA@ra.nrl.navy.mil> Sender: usenet@ra.nrl.navy.mil Organization: Naval Research Laboratory References: <pgb1.749104573@Ra.MsState.Edu> <28e6u8$o3i@DIALix.oz.au> Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1993 14:32:51 GMT Lines: 26 In article <28e6u8$o3i@DIALix.oz.au> julian@DIALix.oz.au (Julian Elischer) writes: >there is no aha274x driver.. >The 2742 is: > 1/ buggy by all reports > 2/ totally incompatible with anything in the (known) universe > 3/ apparently designed to only run with adaptec supplied drivers > which apparently have to be quite low level. > (and which you have to PAY to get) > (for some strange reason they haven't written 386bsd > or linux drivers 8-) I have not heard of anyone who has gotten a copy of the manual yet - there were some early reports that Adaptec wanted a NDA signed before they would release the manual, but I know of someone who called and was eventually promised the manual without having to do this. Of course, nothing has arrived in the mail yet.... If Adaptec is true to form, it will probably be sometime in early '94 before anyone sees a copy in the mail. >adaptec needs it's coporate head read.. Amen. -Eric -- "When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a lawyer."