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#! rnews 1610 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!vtc.tacom.army.mil!ulowell.uml.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!agate!boulder!news.coop.net!hops.entertain.com!usenet From: dwatson@abwam.com (Darryl Watson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Adaptec licensing Date: 10 Sep 1995 19:15:45 GMT Organization: ABWAM, Inc. Lines: 23 Message-ID: <42vdh1$dca@hops.entertain.com> References: <42f6uu$6ng@hops.entertain.com> <42lcds$kjf@buffnet2.buffnet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp011.entertain.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.6 In article <42lcds$kjf@buffnet2.buffnet.net>, bdj@buffnet.net says... >Hi. Well, #1 I really can't comment on, but as for #2 we've had the same >problems as well. We're running an HP LF 5/66 server amd it has the >adaptec 274x (or somesuch, I have my specs elsewere), which my hardware >engineer claims is the new standard (he also claims that the adaptec 174x >are no longer being produced). Berkeley informed us that they are >planning on supporting it, but not until later this quarter (!). Anyways, >the end result is that we had to shut off our internal adaptec and drop >the cash for a pair of buslogic controllers. > >I dunno what the situation really is, but that's what I've heard from >them in the past week... > >Regards, > >James > I also hear that BSDi is going to start offering support for >174x controllers. 174x (EISA) controllers are getting difficult to find, so I suspect you are right; they are not being made anymore. :(