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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!caen!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newshost.marcam.com!news.mathworks.com!udel!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!decwrl!sony!vixie!nnrp!vixie From: vixie@gw.home.vix.com (Paul A Vixie) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: BSD/OS v2.0 HWE disappointments Date: 4 Mar 95 20:54:57 Organization: Vixie Enterprises Lines: 23 Message-ID: <VIXIE.95Mar4205457@gw.home.vix.com> References: <3j837n$6ar@genesis.npr.legent.com> <D4xEx5.FIx@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: gw.home.vix.com In-reply-to: adrian@virginia.edu's message of Sat, 4 Mar 1995 17:22:17 GMT >> yielded similar results. i.e. virtually *nobody* >> carries the adaptek 17xx line anymore, and *most* > > Well, not surprising, since they quit manufacturing them a long time ago. > They are nice cards though, when you can get them. I disagree on both counts. DEC still sells systems with embedded Adaptec 17xx controllers (I've got a spanking new Alpha PC that proves it), and Adaptec is under contract to DEC to provide them for at least another year or several. If you can't find them locally, call 1-800-DIGITAL and ask them. I think they want about $400 for them. On the other hand, the cards are absolute junk and I wouldn't have one as a gift. The probability that a new 17xx will not work in a new EISA motherboard are better than even in my experience. Use a Buslogic 747, it's way better. I've got a 17xx in a box here but you can't have it -- I'm saving it for when the weather improves, I'm gonna shoot it (just like the last couple o' boards.) -- Paul Vixie La Honda, CA <paul@vix.com> decwrl!vixie!paul