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From: doctor@nl2k.edmonton.AB.ca (The Doctor)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: SCSI Adapters
Date: 21 Mar 1996 07:47:38 -0700
Organization: NetLine 2000
Lines: 40
Message-ID: <4irq6b$r62@doctor.nl2k.edmonton.ab.ca>
References: <4gv6g0$d75@prospero.sonnet.co.uk> <4hk6iu$kcq@jake.probe.net> <4hn349$cg5@doctor.nl2k.edmonton.ab.ca> <4ikqq8$9pi@s25.firmware.com>
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In article <4ikqq8$9pi@s25.firmware.com>,
Robert Braver <rbraver@firmware.com> wrote:
>In article <4hn349$cg5@doctor.nl2k.edmonton.ab.ca>, 
>doctor@nl2k.edmonton.AB.ca says...
>>
>>In article <4hk6iu$kcq@jake.probe.net>, Dale Botkin <dbotkin@probe.net> 
>wrote:
>>>
>>> ..Too bad the Intel Triton chipset sucks SO bad!
>
>>2)  Triton, YUCK! I will never use a Triton board in my life
>>        again; I recommend the Neptune-II chipset.
>>
>>        I am frightened thought that a Triton chipset Intell MB is getting
>>        rave reviews (scare me).
>
>I just hastily cancelled an order for a Triton chipset based board after 
>reading this thread, then asked our engineer who just ported Phoenix BIOS to 
>the Zappa board, and he wasn't aware of any major problems aside from the 
>standard wierdnesses that you always find when you dig this deep into any 
>platform.
>
>What are the specific issues you have encountered that have earned this black 
>mark?
>
>TIA,
>Robert Braver
>Micro Firmware, Inc.
>
>

The NBSDI 2.1 manual explains that well.  I wold reproduce, but
I may violate copyright.
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