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Xref: sserve comp.windows.x.i386unix:8208 comp.os.linux.misc:11921 comp.os.linux.help:26934 comp.os.386bsd.misc:2144 comp.os.386bsd.questions:9523 comp.sys.next.software:10373 comp.sys.next:17032 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!netmbx.de!zib-berlin.de!news.th-darmstadt.de!fauern!lrz-muenchen.de!colin.muc.de!ars.muc.de!rommel From: rommel@ars.muc.de (Kai Uwe Rommel) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next Subject: Re: PCI bus cards (graphics and SCSI) which work? Distribution: world Message-ID: <2d97f3e5.415253@ars.muc.de> Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 10:24:53 +0100 References: <Cn9pq2.8yq@inter.NL.net> <2n1lo6$olj@davinci.uni-paderborn.de> <2d95d09f.415253@ars.muc.de> Organization: Private X-Posting-Software: UUPC/extended 1.12i inews (18Mar94 13:14) Lines: 33 rommel@ars.muc.de (Kai Uwe Rommel) writes in article <2d95d09f.415253@ars.muc.de>: >>I'm also interested in some NS-PCI-Support information... >>i plan to buy a PCI board with build in SCSI(NCR) and i'm >>wondering if there's already driver support or something in >>the pipeline. > >SCSI (NCR) support is there, although it has a few shortcomings still. >Besides offering great performance, their driver currently can't >address memory >16MB, due to a bug. A new driver is said to be >released (according to NCR support people) during the end of April >which will solve that problem. Another known problem is that current >versions of the NCR SCSI BIOS (SDMS) can't correctly handle disks >larger than 1 GB. Again, according NCR support people and verified by >a board maker who uses it, a new version of it is currently in test at >the board maker's and will soon solve this problem. Besides these two >problems, the NCR SCSI chip on PCI boards seems to be very fast and >also quite stable. Sorry that my posting was misleading. I did not check the newsgroups line. Since the original article was primarily posted to comp.os.os2.misc, I read it there and followed up to it without checking. The information I posted is only relevant for IBM OS/2 and it's users. Kai Uwe Rommel -- /* Kai Uwe Rommel Muenchen, Germany * * rommel@ars.muc.de CompuServe 100265,2651 * * rommel@informatik.tu-muenchen.de Fax +49 89 324 4524 */ DOS ... is still a real mode only non-reentrant interrupt handler, and always will be. -Russell Williams