Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 21:55:21 -0700 From: mike allison <mallison@konnections.com> To: The Classiest Man Alive <ksmm@cybercom.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SIIG scsi cards... Message-ID: <3362DC39.5A182D5D@konnections.com> References: <1.5.4.32.19970426035453.006f3a78@cybercom.net>
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K: Well, I have one in my hand (My compaq, actually) and, they're right, I could probably get windows up and running. It recognised my NEC CDROM and my Fireball, but FreeBSD, RedHat Linux, and Slackware couldn't recognise it in autoprobe mode, nor be their list of H/W compatible cards. I tried all (I think) of the autoprobe choices to no avail. The problem is, I can't get to the chip surface to find which chips they use, since everything's covered with logo. The price is right, but I think a discount AHA would be a better deal..... -Mike The Classiest Man Alive wrote: > > At 01:25 PM 4/26/97 -0700, mike allison wrote: > >Anyone ever heard of this SIIG group? Their cards and stuff are all > >over the retail shops and seem tailored for OSs we don't like to talk > >about. All of the chips on the cards are sealed over with their logo, > >so I can't tell what (if anything) they're compatible with. Also, > >there's no clue on the drivers, although I haven't taken the .sys apart > >yet. > > > >Anyone know what they might be compatible with, or if they are at all? > > > >Anyone else use any of them? > > > > I've considered buying one, but I too am wondering about compatibility > issues. I talked with a man in a computer store who told me that his worked > great, but he was running Windows. Their box claims that they support OS/2 > and some Unix systems, and many of their other cards (video, serial, etc.) > tend to use chips from more well-known manufacturers, so it might not be a > total risk to take a look at one. Oddly, their web page gives little or no > practical information. > > If you do decide to go that route, let me know how it works for you. > > K.S.
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