From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Jan 21 01:43:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id BAA05591 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 01:43:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from ncc-1701-d.starfleet.gov (root@ix-sb1-20.ix.netcom.com [204.32.201.52]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA05570 Sun, 21 Jan 1996 01:43:15 -0800 (PST) Received: (from d_burr@localhost) by ncc-1701-d.starfleet.gov (8.6.11/8.6.9) id WAA17331; Sat, 20 Jan 1996 22:15:08 -0800 Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 22:15:07 -0800 (PST) From: Donald Burr X-Sender: d_burr@ncc-1701-d.starfleet.gov To: FreeBSD Hardware cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Iomega Ditto Easy 800 (Universal TRAVAN) EXTERNAL under FreeBSD? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I just purchased one of these drives, because I have to backup a lot of sties and I don't want to worry about if they have a such-and-such interface already, and I don't want to have to open up the computer and install something and have to remove it everytime I back someone up. So I opted for a external parallel-port tape drive. This works great, and I love it, don't get me wrong. But I was curious as to the state of these drives under any of the free UNIXes (especially FreeBSD). Last I heard, the QIC-117 (? - I think that's what it's called) standard for interfacing over the parallel port was a closely-guarded secret, and required huge sums of money and a non-disclosure agreement to get the spec's on. But maybe I heard wrong, or maybe this has changed, or maybe Iomega is a little more generous with their standards than, say, HP/Colorado or something. AT any rate, in general, I'm trying to find out: 1) is a driver for these tape drives under FreeBSD available? 2) is it possible to inexpensively get the spec's for one of these and write a driver for it? (obviously, I'd prefer releasing it as source, but if not possible [ie if they require a NDA] I would consider a binary-only release, since I'm not really planning on GPL'ing it) 3) if the answer to 2) above is "Yes!", who do I contact at Iomega or wherever, and how do I contact them? (email? fax? snail mail?) and what do I say or ask for specifically? Any and all help appreciated. Thanks! Donald Burr [d_burr@ix.netcom.com], PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara CA 93190-1212 TEL (805)564-1871 / FAX 564-2315 / WWW http://www.geopages.com/WallStreet/2072 PGP Public Key available by request (send e-mail) or on Public Key Servers. ** Uphold your right to privacy - Use PGP. ** From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Jan 21 01:43:30 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id BAA05611 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 01:43:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from ncc-1701-d.starfleet.gov (root@ix-sb1-20.ix.netcom.com [204.32.201.52]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA05600 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 01:43:27 -0800 (PST) Received: (from d_burr@localhost) by ncc-1701-d.starfleet.gov (8.6.11/8.6.9) id VAA11046; Sat, 20 Jan 1996 21:59:39 -0800 Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 21:59:39 -0800 (PST) From: Donald Burr X-Sender: d_burr@ncc-1701-d.starfleet.gov To: Tony Jones cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4X SCSI CDROM recommendation In-Reply-To: <199601192205.PAA04409@seagull.rtd.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 19 Jan 1996, Tony Jones wrote: > What would folks recommend as a good 4X scsi cdrom for FreeBSD [I'm assuming > that the 4x vs 2x performance data (Windoze derived) generally holds true for > FreeBSD also ?] > > I'd like to spend no more than $200 - I found a Sanyo CRD-254SH 4x for $169 > but have no idea if it would be a good drive. I know that the equivalently > low priced Teac 4x scsi is supposed to suck big time. > > Or would people recommend paying extra and going with the more expensive > Toshiba/Maxstor units. I HIGHLY recommend the Toshiba drives. They are easy to install, everything is well labeled and easy to configure, and the drive is rock-solid and stable. The XM-3501 (older model) is uses a caddy. The XM-3601 (the latest model) is caddyless. Everyone seems to have his/her own opinion of whether caddyless drives or caddied drives are better, and this topic is often hotly disputed on the Internet. IMHO, I like caddies, because you can seal your CD-ROM titles in them, and you don't have to go through the hassle of juggling jewel cases when you want to switch CD's -- you just remove the old caddy, store it (they fit into the slots on CD holders, because they are the exact shape and thickness of a jewel case), and stick in the new one. I seem to recall that the XM-3501 (the old model) can be found for significantly less money than the new XM-3601. You might want to shop around for this. > Primarily going to be using the cdrom for WC/FreeBSD installs and for > /usr/src (which I currently have on scsi hard disc). Perhaps some Windoze95 > use also. Well, if that's all you're gonna be doing, a 4x may be a bit overkill for you. 4x performance really matters only for multimedia-type stuff, e.g. video and stuff. YMMV. Donald Burr [d_burr@ix.netcom.com], PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara CA 93190-1212 TEL (805)564-1871 / FAX 564-2315 / WWW http://www.geopages.com/WallStreet/2072 PGP Public Key available by request (send e-mail) or on Public Key Servers. ** Uphold your right to privacy - Use PGP. ** From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Jan 21 09:11:10 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA24966 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 09:11:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from comet.connix.com (comet.connix.com [198.69.10.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA24961 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 09:11:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from cod.connix.com (cod.connix.com [205.246.96.249]) by comet.connix.com (8.6.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id MAA05995 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 12:11:05 -0500 Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 12:11:05 -0500 Message-Id: <199601211711.MAA05995@comet.connix.com> X-Sender: cod@connix.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org From: "C. O'Donnell" Subject: QIC-3080: density & length Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk OK - I'm ready for help. I have purchased a Conner TSM4000R SCSI tape backup unit. I have found this unit mentioned several times in questions in the mail archives, but unfortunately the replies must have been sent directly, and not forwarded to the list. Specs: 2G capacity uncompressed 4G compressed (software compression - can't use) QIC-3080 tape format neato flashing LED indicator mt: #mt -f /dev/rst0 status Present Mode: Density = 0x29 Blocksize variable ---------available modes--------- Mode 0: Density = 0x00 Blocksize variable Mode 1: Density = 0x00 Blocksize variable Mode 2: Density = 0x00 Blocksize variable Mode 3: Density = 0x00 Blocksize variable dmesg: . . . aic0 at 0x340-0x35f irq 11 on isa aic0 waiting for scsi devices to settle (aic0:0:0): "HP C3724S 5153" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 sd0(aic0:0:0): Direct-Access 1149MB (2354660 512 byte sectors) (aic0:1:0): "CONNER CTMS 3200 7.00" type 1 removable SCSI 2 st0(aic0:1:0): Sequential-Access density code 0x0, drive empty . . . Q: How do I derive the BPI and length of the tape for dump? Q: How can I tell if this is a rewinding or non-rewinding unit (i.e. should I use /dev/nrst0 or /dev/rst0)? Please email if you need any additional information. Please email respones directly and I will compile and submit a final solution to the mailing list for archive purposes. Thanks, Chuck O'Donnell chuck@bus.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- P.S. For those of you who have been dragging your feet in purchasing a UPS and tape backup, here's the rest of the dmesg output from above: . . changing root device to sd0a sd0(aic0:0:0): MEDIUM ERROR info:6f08b asc:11,0 Unrecovered read error , retries:4 sd0(aic0:0:0): MEDIUM ERROR info:6f08b asc:11,0 Unrecovered read error , retries:3 sd0(aic0:0:0): MEDIUM ERROR info:6f08b asc:11,0 Unrecovered read error , retries:2 sd0(aic0:0:0): MEDIUM ERROR info:6f08b asc:11,0 Unrecovered read error , retries:1 sd0(aic0:0:0): MEDIUM ERROR info:6f08b asc:11,0 Unrecovered read error , FAILURE From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Jan 21 14:53:03 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA11476 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 14:53:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay5.UU.NET (relay5.UU.NET [192.48.96.15]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA11466 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 14:52:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from uucp4.UU.NET by relay5.UU.NET with SMTP id QQzznn13888; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 17:52:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from uanet.UUCP by uucp4.UU.NET with UUCP/RMAIL ; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 17:52:45 -0500 Received: by crocodil.monolit.kiev.ua; Sun, 21 Jan 96 23:10:39 +0200 Received: (from dk@localhost) by dog.farm.org (8.6.11/dk#3) id DAA09190; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 03:10:44 +0200 Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 03:10:44 +0200 From: Dmitry Kohmanyuk Message-Id: <199601210110.DAA09190@dog.farm.org> To: tony@rtd.com (Tony Jones) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4X SCSI CDROM recommendation Newsgroups: cs-monolit.gated.lists.freebsd.hardware Reply-To: dk+@ua.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk In article you wrote: > I'd like to spend no more than $200 - I found a Sanyo CRD-254SH 4x for $169 > but have no idea if it would be a good drive. I know that the equivalently > low priced Teac 4x scsi is supposed to suck big time. I use "PLEXTOR CD-ROM PX-4XCS 1.01" (just cut'n'paste from dmesg) and I am pretty happy with it. I have paid $190 for it. > Primarily going to be using the cdrom for WC/FreeBSD installs and for > /usr/src (which I currently have on scsi hard disc). Perhaps some Windoze95 > use also. hmm, I have installed my home system from old 1-speed Mitsumi drive (mfr '92?). Not so tedious, I must say. -- Smith & Wesson: the original point-and-click interface. From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Jan 21 16:57:11 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA21817 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 16:57:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA21812 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 16:57:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA16798; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 11:34:09 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199601220104.LAA16798@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: BusLogic 946C PCI To: mike@inlink.com (Mike Moseler) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 11:34:09 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199601200121.TAA12010@thor.inlink.com> from "Mike Moseler" at Jan 19, 96 07:21:36 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Mike Moseler stands accused of saying: > > We just got a BusLogic 946C PCI card in and put it in our server (ASUS) Throw it out. General consensus has it that these cards aren't worth the grief. Get an SC200 (NCR) from the same place you got the ASUS board, or if you're _really_ hammering the machine, get an Adaptec 2940 and update your kernel to -STABLE. > card or something of that sort. My question is, did they fix anything in > the driver for this card in the newer code? How hard would it be for me to > upgrade to a stable driver? Would it involve recompiling the entire OS? Is > this driver even stable enough for a server that needs really good reliability? The PCI Buslogic cards have some _fundamental_ design problems that can't be worked around, AFAIK. > Mike -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[ From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Jan 21 17:11:12 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA22760 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 17:11:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA22708 Sun, 21 Jan 1996 17:10:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA16869; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 11:48:20 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199601220118.LAA16869@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Iomega Ditto Easy 800 (Universal TRAVAN) EXTERNAL under FreeBSD? To: d_burr@ix.netcom.com (Donald Burr) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 11:48:19 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Donald Burr" at Jan 20, 96 10:15:07 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Donald Burr stands accused of saying: > AT any rate, in general, I'm trying to find out: > > 1) is a driver for these tape drives under FreeBSD available? No. > 2) is it possible to inexpensively get the spec's for one of these > and write a driver for it? (obviously, I'd prefer releasing it as > source, but if not possible [ie if they require a NDA] I would > consider a binary-only release, since I'm not really planning on > GPL'ing it) I'm not sure, but I suspect that a lot of money would be involved, as otherwise there would be more commercial DOS software that supported them. > 3) if the answer to 2) above is "Yes!", who do I contact at Iomega or > wherever, and how do I contact them? (email? fax? snail mail?) > and what do I say or ask for specifically? Ask them about their Developer Support program, and don't mention anything about your budget, "free" software or the fact that you're a solo. > Donald Burr [d_burr@ix.netcom.com], PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara CA 93190-1212 -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[ From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Jan 21 17:26:36 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA23919 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 17:26:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA23911 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 17:26:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id MAA16967; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 12:04:23 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199601220134.MAA16967@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: QIC-3080: density & length To: office@bus.net (C. O'Donnell) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 12:04:22 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199601211711.MAA05995@comet.connix.com> from "C. O'Donnell" at Jan 21, 96 12:11:05 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk C. O'Donnell stands accused of saying: > I have purchased a Conner TSM4000R SCSI tape backup unit. I have > found this unit mentioned several times in questions in the mail > archives, but unfortunately the replies must have been sent > directly, and not forwarded to the list. Odd, I've read lots of people saying that they're lemons. Sorry. > Q: How do I derive the BPI and length of the tape for dump? Don't bother, count it in blocks. > Q: How can I tell if this is a rewinding or non-rewinding unit (i.e. > should I use /dev/nrst0 or /dev/rst0)? That depends. If you want it to rewind on close, use /dev/rst0, if you don't, use /dev/nrst0. Here's a script we use for weekly backups to a 2G SCSI DAT, you should be able to modify this to suit you : #!/bin/sh #dump_weekly dump 0fuB /dev/nrst0 2097000 /local0 dump 0fuB /dev/nrst0 2097000 /local2 mt rewoffl > Chuck O'Donnell -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[ From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Jan 21 19:50:17 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA03709 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 19:50:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from charlotte.spiders.com (charlotte.spiders.com [199.224.7.188]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA03703 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 19:50:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gwh@localhost) by charlotte.spiders.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id WAA00600 for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 22:52:29 -0500 Message-Id: <199601220352.WAA00600@charlotte.spiders.com> From: gwh@spiders.com (Gene W Homicki) Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 22:52:29 -0500 X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.5 10/14/92) To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: DAT autochangers? Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Hello everyone, Are there any backup auto (DAT) tape changers supported by FreeBSD? I currently have an HP C1533A so a solution that would allow me to still use my current drive would be nice, but isn't necesary. If I missed mention of it anywhere in the docs, my apologies, and thanks in advance! --Gene -- Gene W. Homicki gwh@spiders.com Objective Consulting, Inc. http://www.spiders.com/ Internet Presence Design voice: +1 914.353.3511 From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jan 22 01:30:23 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id BAA23422 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 01:30:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from hda.com (hda.com [199.232.40.182]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA23412 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 01:30:17 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dufault@localhost) by hda.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id EAA09404; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 04:29:51 -0500 From: Peter Dufault Message-Id: <199601220929.EAA09404@hda.com> Subject: Re: DAT autochangers? To: gwh@spiders.com (Gene W Homicki) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 04:29:51 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199601220352.WAA00600@charlotte.spiders.com> from "Gene W Homicki" at Jan 21, 96 10:52:29 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > Hello everyone, > > Are there any backup auto (DAT) tape changers supported by > FreeBSD? I currently have an HP C1533A so a solution that would allow > me to still use my current drive would be nice, but isn't necesary. > If I missed mention of it anywhere in the docs, my apologies, and > thanks in advance! You'll have to find out if it comes on line as a SCSI media changer. If so you can use ch. -- Peter Dufault Real Time Machine Control and Simulation HD Associates, Inc. Voice: 508 433 6936 dufault@hda.com Fax: 508 433 5267 From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jan 22 09:48:36 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA01019 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 09:48:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from frig.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp (frig.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp [131.113.32.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA00980 Mon, 22 Jan 1996 09:48:24 -0800 (PST) Received: (from hosokawa@localhost) by frig.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp (8.6.12+2.4W/3.4Wbeta3) id CAA14047; Tue, 23 Jan 1996 02:48:16 +0900 Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 02:48:16 +0900 Message-Id: <199601221748.CAA14047@frig.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp> To: hackers@freebsd.org, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: [PCMCIA] New pccard-test driver (alpha-960123) is now avilable From: hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp (HOSOKAWA Tatsumi) X-Mailer: mnews [version 1.18PL3] 1994-08/01(Mon) Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk We release "pccard-test" package 960123 (alpha-test release). It enables FreeBSD-2.1.0 to drive many PCMCIA cards and provides you "hotplug" PCMCIA feature on your laptop machines running FreeBSD-2.1.0. This work is based on Andrew McRae's sys/pccard stuffs (thanks!). You can get it from ftp://bash.cc.keio.ac.jp/pub/os/FreeBSD/alpha-test/pccard/pccard-test-960123.tar.gz Improvement upon the last release (alpha-960112): 1. Tested on more cards. 2. Instabilty problem of serial cards on some PCICs are solved by a quick hack. 3. Added if_fe Ethernet PCMCIA driver. 4. Fixed a bug of IRQ allocation. 5. Fixed a bug of I/O window deallocation. 6. Changed default PCMCIA serial port from sio1 to sio2 (for laptops that has IrDA port or serial mouse on board). 7. Many minor bugs are fixed. Please test it and report me about it. Caution: It's only an alpha-release driver. Please backup your important data before installing this package. Currently, we're testing this package on the cards listed below: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Type Card Status Driver ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethernet 3Com Etherlink III 3C589B OK ep 3Com Etherlink III 3C589C OK ep Farallon EtherMac OK ep Fujitsu FMV-J181 OK fe IBM Creditcard Ethernet I OK ed IBM Creditcard Ethernet II OK ed FAX/Modem APEX DATA Mobile Plus V.34 OK sio Fujitsu FMV-JMD712 OK sio Hayes OPTIMA 288 NG sio Megahertz XJ2144 OK sio Megahertz XJ2144J OK sio Megahertz XJ2288 OK sio Megahertz XJ3288J NG sio NewMedia FAX/Modem 14.4K OK sio NovaLink Tech. NovaModem 144 OK sio OMRON ME2814 Fax/Modem OK sio OMRON MD24XCA Fax/Modem OK sio PREMAX FM288 OK sio Panasonic TO-706C NG sio US Robotics Sportster PCMCIA V.34 OK sio US Robotics COURIER PCMCIA V.34 OK sio Xircom CreditCard Ethernet+Modem (Modem only) OK sio *1 ISDN BUG Linkboy D64K OK sio Digital Cellular NTT DoCoMo DATA/FAX Adapter OK sio IrDA IBM PCMCIA Serial IR Adapter Card NG sio SCSI Adaptec SlimSCSI 1460 OK aic NewMedia BusToaster OK aic *2 RATOC REX-5535AC OK spc RATOC REX-5535AMC OK spc RATOC REX-5535X OK spc Flash ATA SunDisk SPD5-5 (OEM: Epson Flash Packer 5MB) OK wdc SunDisk SPD5-20 (OEM: Epson Flash Packer 20MB) OK wdc SunDisk SPD-40 (OEM: Epson Flash Packer 40MB) OK wdc ATA HDD Maxtor MobileMax MXL131 OK wdc Mitsubishi M6887-3 170MB OK wdc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- *1 We don't want to support any Xircom PCMCIA cards because of their harsh policy against free-software. It only simply means a Xircom card works with this driver by a chance :-). *2 I've not successed to use this card with my machine, but an alpha-test user reported that he could use it with his machine. Enjoy! -- HOSOKAWA, Tatsumi E-mail: hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp WWW homepage: http://www.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp/person/hosokawa.html Department of Computer Science, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jan 22 14:23:58 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA22026 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 14:23:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from sivka.carrier.kiev.ua (root@sivka.carrier.kiev.ua [193.125.68.130]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA21915 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 14:22:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from elvisti.kiev.ua (uucp@localhost) by sivka.carrier.kiev.ua (Sendmail 8.who.cares/5) with UUCP id AAA06904 for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org; Tue, 23 Jan 1996 00:24:17 +0200 Received: from office.elvisti.kiev.ua (office.elvisti.kiev.ua [193.125.28.33]) by spider2.elvisti.kiev.ua (8.6.12/8.ElVisti) with ESMTP id PAA17289 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 15:21:44 +0200 Received: (from stesin@localhost) by office.elvisti.kiev.ua (8.6.12/8.ElVisti) id PAA16574; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 15:21:42 +0200 From: "Andrew V. Stesin" Message-Id: <199601221321.PAA16574@office.elvisti.kiev.ua> Subject: Re: Help! - How do I add more disk and swap? To: dk+@ua.net Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 15:21:41 +0200 (EET) Cc: craigs@os.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199601210105.DAA09145@dog.farm.org> from "Dmitry Kohmanyuk" at Jan 21, 96 03:05:46 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24alpha5] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk # what you mean by "partitioning"? fdisk? this is not required at all, # unless you plan to have some non-FreeBSD filesystems on them. Are you _really_ sure? # Just make a /etc/disktab entry (read the beginning of the file for format). # read the man page for disklabel. Understand it. Look at your existing # label. Plan your layout (a: for root, b: for swap, e: for /usr - this # is for normal disk, you can make other but remember b: is always swap # and c: is entire slice and d: is not used now.) # # then disklabel -w -B sd1 your-disk-type # (assuming your new disk is sd1). # # run disklabel sd1 to verify. run disklabel -e sd0 to fix it if necessary. ^^^^ sd1, for sure [... no additions, that's all right ...] -- With best regards -- Andrew Stesin. +380 (44) 2760188 +380 (44) 2713457 +380 (44) 2713560 An undocumented feature is a coding error. From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jan 23 00:02:54 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA13003 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 23 Jan 1996 00:02:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from casparc.ppp.net (casparc.ppp.net [194.64.12.35]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA12972 Tue, 23 Jan 1996 00:02:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from ernie by casparc.ppp.net with uucp (Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0tedg4-000I6eC; Tue, 23 Jan 96 09:02 MET Received: by ernie.altona.hamburg.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #4) id m0tecyz-00000iC; Tue, 23 Jan 96 08:17 MET Message-Id: From: hm@altona.hamburg.com (Hellmuth Michaelis) Subject: Re: Anyone using 3Com 3c589 (PCMCIA)? To: dshin@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Dongil Shin) Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 08:17:33 +0100 (MET) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Dongil Shin" at Jan 12, 96 10:02:49 am Reply-To: hm@altona.hamburg.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >From the keyboard of Dongil Shin: > I've got a lap-top with 3c589. I set up the card for IRQ 10 and > I/O 300h. After I recompiled the kernel, it still does not recognize it. > The following line is in my kernel configuration file. > > device zp0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 iomem 0xd8000 vector zpintr I use the very same card and it runs fine. All i had to do was to find out the memory address by using the 3Com supplied diagnostic disc and click on card info. This will tell you the memory address it is actually using, in my case it was 0xee000. Good luck, hellmuth -- Hellmuth Michaelis hm@altona.hamburg.com Hamburg, Europe (A)bort, (R)etry, (I)nstall BSD ? From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jan 23 03:21:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id DAA01557 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 23 Jan 1996 03:21:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from frig.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp (frig.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp [131.113.32.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id DAA01535 Tue, 23 Jan 1996 03:21:19 -0800 (PST) Received: (from hosokawa@localhost) by frig.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp (8.6.12+2.4W/3.4Wbeta3) id UAA20600; Tue, 23 Jan 1996 20:20:48 +0900 Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 20:20:48 +0900 Message-Id: <199601231120.UAA20600@frig.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp> To: hm@altona.hamburg.com Cc: dshin@ponder.csci.unt.edu, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp Subject: Re: Anyone using 3Com 3c589 (PCMCIA)? In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 23 Jan 1996 08:17:33 +0100 (MET). From: hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp (HOSOKAWA Tatsumi) X-Mailer: mnews [version 1.18PL3] 1994-08/01(Mon) Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk In article hm@altona.hamburg.com writes: >> >From the keyboard of Dongil Shin: >> >> > I've got a lap-top with 3c589. I set up the card for IRQ 10 and >> > I/O 300h. After I recompiled the kernel, it still does not recognize it. >> > The following line is in my kernel configuration file. >> > >> > device zp0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 iomem 0xd8000 vector zpintr >> >> I use the very same card and it runs fine. All i had to do was to find >> out the memory address by using the 3Com supplied diagnostic disc and >> click on card info. This will tell you the memory address it is actually >> using, in my case it was 0xee000. If you want to use 3C589, please try to test "pccard-test" alpha package. 3c589 driver of this package works so faster than the 'zp' and it provides you the hotplug feature of PCMCIA cards. You can find it at, ftp://bash.cc.keio.ac.jp/pub/os/FreeBSD/alpha-test/pccard/pccard-test-960123.tar.gz Enjoy! -- HOSOKAWA, Tatsumi E-mail: hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp WWW homepage: http://www.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp/person/hosokawa.html Department of Computer Science, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jan 23 03:57:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id DAA06605 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 23 Jan 1996 03:57:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from wgrobez1.remote.louisville.edu (wgrobez1.remote.louisville.edu [136.165.243.183]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA06589 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 1996 03:57:31 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wangel@localhost) by wgrobez1.remote.louisville.edu (8.7.3/8.6.12) id GAA00185; Tue, 23 Jan 1996 06:54:02 GMT Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 06:53:51 +0000 () From: Wicked Angel To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: eql Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I know when I ran linux, that it had support for EQL(serial line equalization) so you could have 2 modems in your machine, and have them both connected to your ppp acct. to double your bandwidth. It was done by compiling the kernel with the EQL code, then, once you login to your ppp acct, you redo your ifconfig etc etc. I was wondering if this is possible in FreeBSD? If you need more information, I can get it :) Thanks Gary From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jan 24 09:54:20 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA08515 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 24 Jan 1996 09:54:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from Sysiphos (Sysiphos.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE [134.95.212.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA08314 for ; Wed, 24 Jan 1996 09:52:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by Sysiphos id AA08156 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org); Wed, 24 Jan 1996 18:45:51 +0100 Message-Id: <199601241745.AA08156@Sysiphos> From: se@zpr.uni-koeln.de (Stefan Esser) Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 18:45:51 +0100 In-Reply-To: phall@umr.edu "AMD 5x86 FAQ:" (Jan 17, 21:23) X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.6 alpha(2) 7/9/95) To: se@zpr.uni-koeln.de, bem@oce.nl, zawodny@arbd0.larc.nasa.gov, henddjee@cetus.zrz.tu-berlin.de, jbotz@orixa.mtholyoke.edu, , iain@nwpeople.demon.co.uk, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, didier@omnix.fr.org, dk+@ua.net, Dmitry Kohmanyuk , s106275@cs.tut.fi (Anssi Saari), "Christof Tebbe" , duanec@eskimo.com (duane charron), "WanJohn" , mc100314@macau.ctm.net, phall@umr.edu Subject: AMD 5x86/133 and ASUS SP3G Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I just bought an AMD 5x86 for my SP3G and wanted to let you (i.e. anybody interested in that topic, according to my ASUS mail folder :-) know about my first experiences. 1) The AMD 5x86 works with a write-through primary cache, only. This seems to be caused by the Saturn chip set of the SP3G not really supporting write-back primary cache coherency. (If you get any further information, please let me know!) 2) Jumper setting: JP30:2&3, JP31:1 to JP32:1 (not a SL-CPU) JP33:2&3 (2x ==> 4x for AMD 5x86) JP34:2&3 JP35:1&2 JP36:2&3 (write-through primary cache) JP40:2&3 (3.45V +- 0.15V) 3) I used both the AWARD BIOS that came with SDMS 3.04.00 and the latest BIOS awsg0304. The BIOS doesn't seem to make any difference. Setting JP36 to connect 1&2 (WB primary cache) makes even DOS fail to load. 4) The performance is lower than I expected. I'm seeing between 0 and 100% improvement, depending on the benchmark used. My real world application (recompiling the full FreeBSD-current source tree) with the old and the new CPU: 22524.98 real 17368.62 user 3597.68 sys (i486DX2/66) 16795.20 real 11689.23 user 2822.52 sys (AMD 5x86) This is a factor of 1.5 (using 'user' time as the relevant speed indicator). For reference the times on a Pentium-133: 13449.10 real 8789.22 user 2073.65 sys That's another improvement by 33%, but it seems the AMD 5x86 is nearer to the Pentium than to a 486 ... 5) Now some byte benchmark results (SP3G, 16MB RAM, NCR SCSI): BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 3.11) System -- FreeBSD x14 2.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT #0: Thu Dec 28 21:02:37 MET 1995 se@x14:/sys/compile/NCR486 i386 Start Benchmark Run: Thu Dec 28 23:47:20 MET 1995 2 interactive users. i486/66 AMD5x86 factor Dhrystone 2 without register variables 60933.4 74422.6 lps 1.2 (10s, 6 smpl) Dhrystone 2 using register variables 61878.3 73518.3 lps 1.2 (10s, 6 smpl) Arithmetic Test (type = arithoh) 127278.7 254943.7 lps 2 (10s, 6 smpl) Arithmetic Test (type = register) 8656.9 17387.5 lps 2 (10s, 6 smpl) Arithmetic Test (type = short) 7493.8 15157.3 lps 2 (10s, 6 smpl) Arithmetic Test (type = int) 8685.3 17383.9 lps 2 (10s, 6 smpl) Arithmetic Test (type = long) 8684.1 17337.3 lps 2 (10s, 6 smpl) Arithmetic Test (type = float) 5515.5 11042.3 lps 2 (10s, 6 smpl) Arithmetic Test (type = double) 5510.2 11033.6 lps 2 (10s, 6 smpl) System Call Overhead Test 21828.8 27469.2 lps 1.3 (10s, 6 smpl) Pipe Throughput Test 8522.0 11902.6 lps 1.4 (10s, 6 smpl) Pipe-based Context Switching Test 3684.7 6212.4 lps 1.7 (10s, 6 smpl) Process Creation Test 303.2 401.1 lps 1.3 (10s, 6 smpl) Execl Throughput Test 225.7 331.1 lps 1.5 (9s, 6 smpl) File Read (10 seconds) 59190.0 70857.0 KBps 1.2 (10s, 6 smpl) File Write (10 seconds) 6919.0 3800.0 KBps * (10s, 6 smpl) File Copy (10 seconds) 2439.0 3409.0 KBps * (10s, 6 smpl) File Read (30 seconds) 60184.0 71891.0 KBps 1.2 (30s, 6 smpl) File Write (30 seconds) 7088.0 3533.0 KBps * (30s, 6 smpl) File Copy (30 seconds) 2347.0 3457.0 KBps * (30s, 6 smpl) C Compiler Test 75.9 88.6 lpm 1.2 (60s, 3 smpl) Shell scripts (1 concurrent) 112.3 261.0 lpm 2.3 (60s, 3 smpl) Shell scripts (2 concurrent) 57.0 135.3 lpm 2.4 (60s, 3 smpl) Shell scripts (4 concurrent) 28.0 70.3 lpm 2.5 (60s, 3 smpl) Shell scripts (8 concurrent) 14.0 34.7 lpm 2.5 (60s, 3 smpl) Dc: sqrt(2) to 99 decimal places 6093.1 8567.6 lpm 1.4 (60s, 6 smpl) Recursion Test--Tower of Hanoi 661.7 668.7 lps 1 (10s, 6 smpl) INDEX VALUES i486/66 TEST BASELINE RESULT INDEX Arithmetic Test (type = double) 2541.7 5510.2 2.2 Dhrystone 2 without register variables 22366.3 60933.4 2.7 Execl Throughput Test 16.5 225.7 13.7 File Copy (30 seconds) 179.0 2347.0 13.1 Pipe-based Context Switching Test 1318.5 3684.7 2.8 Shell scripts (8 concurrent) 4.0 14.0 3.5 ========= SUM of 6 items 38.0 AVERAGE 6.3 INDEX VALUES AMD5x86 TEST BASELINE RESULT INDEX Arithmetic Test (type = double) 2541.7 11033.6 4.3 Dhrystone 2 without register variables 22366.3 74422.6 3.3 Execl Throughput Test 16.5 331.1 20.1 File Copy (30 seconds) 179.0 3457.0 19.3 Pipe-based Context Switching Test 1318.5 6212.4 4.7 Shell scripts (8 concurrent) 4.0 34.7 8.7 ========= SUM of 6 items 60.4 AVERAGE 10.1 (Have a look at http://www.silkroad.com/linux-bm.html for byte bench results on 486 and Pentium class CPUs under Linux for comparison.) The arithmetic tests take full advantage of the higher clock rate. Dhrystone (and worse: Towers of Hanoi) seem memory (or secondary cache) limited. The DC test (and the C test) are dominated by process start overhead, since it takes only 0.007 seconds for DC to find sqrt(2) to 99 digits. The file copy times cannot be directly compared, since in the last two weeks there have been a few changes to the file system strategy, which seem to cause the very different results. I'm not sure what made the shell scripts performance go up by a factor of more than 2, but I can reproduce the results. Regards, STefan -- Stefan Esser, Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706021 Universitaet zu Koeln, Weyertal 80, 50931 Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 ============================================================================== http://www.zpr.uni-koeln.de/~se From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jan 24 10:18:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA09750 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 24 Jan 1996 10:18:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from pelican.com (pelican.com [134.24.4.62]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA09728 for ; Wed, 24 Jan 1996 10:18:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by pelican.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #10) id m0tf9m8-0000SaC; Wed, 24 Jan 96 10:18 PST Message-Id: Date: Wed, 24 Jan 96 10:18 PST From: pete@pelican.com (Pete Carah) To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: QIC-3080: density & length In-Reply-To: <199601220134.MAA16967@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk In article <199601220134.MAA16967@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> msmith writes: >C. O'Donnell stands accused of saying: >> I have purchased a Conner TSM4000R SCSI tape backup unit. I have >> found this unit mentioned several times in questions in the mail >> archives, but unfortunately the replies must have been sent >> directly, and not forwarded to the list. > >Odd, I've read lots of people saying that they're lemons. Sorry. Well, I was never able to get one to stream on a SS1000 that easily streams a DLT (10g version) on the same otherwise-unused scsi port. (nice having 3 scsi ports on your machine :-) (a customer brought the drive in and wanted his data dumped to it instead of our default DLT). This was long (1/2 gb) files that have no problems with streaming in either Sun's tar or gtar onto the DLT. The source drive was a sparc storage-array that is certainly both fast enough, and not on the same scsi port as the tape (since it isn't on a scsi port at all)... If you need speed and don't worry about $$$ I'd recommend a DLT, though I've never tried one (directly; with /etc/rmt it won't stream from either fbsd or a SS20 but I'd expect that) on freebsd either :-) As long as fbsd's tape driver can handle variable blocksize it should be fine. We went to the trouble of writing a shared-memory stream program and still couldn't get the Connor drive going fast with gtar (usually better) or Sun's tar. There is one problem with Solaris of a 65k dma limit on the blocked-tape driver; this may be the problem but it doesn't seem to bother a QIC525 drive. I've never tried one on freebsd but this one experience hasn't encouraged me. -- Pete From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jan 24 17:11:07 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA07770 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 24 Jan 1996 17:11:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA07764 for ; Wed, 24 Jan 1996 17:10:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA28651; Thu, 25 Jan 1996 11:49:04 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199601250119.LAA28651@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: QIC-3080: density & length To: pete@pelican.com (Pete Carah) Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 11:49:04 +1030 (CST) Cc: hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Pete Carah" at Jan 24, 96 10:18:00 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Pete Carah stands accused of saying: > >> I have purchased a Conner TSM4000R SCSI tape backup unit. I have > >> found this unit mentioned several times in questions in the mail > >> archives, but unfortunately the replies must have been sent > >> directly, and not forwarded to the list. > > > >Odd, I've read lots of people saying that they're lemons. Sorry. > > Well, I was never able to get one to stream on a SS1000 that easily Ok, that settles it for me. 8) > If you need speed and don't worry about $$$ I'd recommend a DLT, > though I've never tried one (directly; with /etc/rmt it won't > stream from either fbsd or a SS20 but I'd expect that) on freebsd > either :-) As long as fbsd's tape driver can handle variable > blocksize it should be fine. That's really strange; we use rmt for all our backups (Sony SDT-5200) and it streams almost all of the time. The backup server's just a 486 with an NE2000 in it, and it's often running X. You may be loaded more heavily though... > -- Pete -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[ From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Jan 25 14:19:32 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA11875 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 25 Jan 1996 14:19:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from iaehv.IAEhv.nl (root@iaehv.IAEhv.nl [192.87.208.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA11842 for ; Thu, 25 Jan 1996 14:19:20 -0800 (PST) Received: by iaehv.IAEhv.nl (8.6.12/1.63) id XAA28179; Thu, 25 Jan 1996 23:16:54 +0100 From: pvds@IAEhv.nl (pieter van der steen) Message-Id: <199601252216.XAA28179@iaehv.IAEhv.nl> X-Disclaimer: iaehv.nl is a public access UNIX system and cannot be held responsible for the opinions of its individual users. Subject: FreeBSD doesnt see NCR 53C810 SCSI controller To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 23:16:53 +0100 (MET) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Subject: FreeBSD does not recognize NCR 53C810 SCSI controller I tried to install FreeBSD 2.0.5. When I boot the system from floppy, the list of recognized devices (shown during booting) does not contain the SCSI controller nor the ethernet controller. When the installation menu is shown, the system doesn't know of any harddisk in the system (fdisk). I tried to boot from a 2.1.0 boot floppy: same results. I built a kernel on another system, adding some printf's to /sys/pci/pcisupp.c in the chipset_probe function. It detects a PCI bus but doesnot see any devices on it (as far as I can interpret the code). System: Compaq Prosignia 300 Pentium 75 Mc PCI + EISA bus 32 MB RAM SCSI controller NCR 53C810 config.tool reports: port: 7100-71FF memory address: 34M interrupt: 10 devices: Harddisk DAT CD-Rom Ethernet: AMD PCNET controller config.tool reports: port: 7000-701F interrupt: 3 Cirrus Logic video chipset Apart from the Cirrus, AMD and NCR chips, all larger chips carry a COMPAQ logo. Any help is welcome, Pieter van der Steen, Eindhoven, Netherlands e-mail: pvds@iaehv.nl From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Jan 25 14:23:24 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA12256 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 25 Jan 1996 14:23:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from lemur.magnet.com (root@lemur.magnet.com [199.125.236.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA12246 for ; Thu, 25 Jan 1996 14:23:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from nina.magnet.com (stephenk@nina.magnet.com [199.125.236.28]) by lemur.magnet.com (8.6.12/MAGNET) with SMTP id RAA12066 for ; Thu, 25 Jan 1996 17:09:52 -0500 Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 17:22:58 +30000 From: Stephen Krauth To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Ethernet card status messages Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I'm having a slightly unusual problem with an ethernet card, though to what extent it's really a problem I'm not sure. I'm running FreeBSD 2.1 on a P90 with an Etherlink III 3C509-Combo card, using the 10BaseT port. The machine occasionally prints the following to the console: ep0: Status: 2002 (ep0 is the ethernet interface.) Any idea what this means and what I need to do about it? - Steve K. From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Jan 25 15:57:39 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA19285 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 25 Jan 1996 15:57:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from Sysiphos (Sysiphos.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE [134.95.212.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA19276 for ; Thu, 25 Jan 1996 15:57:28 -0800 (PST) Received: by Sysiphos id AA20855 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for hardware@FreeBSD.org); Fri, 26 Jan 1996 00:57:23 +0100 Message-Id: <199601252357.AA20855@Sysiphos> From: se@zpr.uni-koeln.de (Stefan Esser) Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 00:57:23 +0100 In-Reply-To: pvds@IAEhv.nl (pieter van der steen) "FreeBSD doesnt see NCR 53C810 SCSI controller" (Jan 25, 23:16) X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.6 alpha(2) 7/9/95) To: pvds@iaehv.nl (pieter van der steen) Subject: Re: FreeBSD doesnt see NCR 53C810 SCSI controller Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Jan 25, 23:16, pieter van der steen wrote: } Subject: FreeBSD doesnt see NCR 53C810 SCSI controller } Subject: FreeBSD does not recognize NCR 53C810 SCSI controller } } I tried to install FreeBSD 2.0.5. When I boot the system from floppy, } the list of recognized devices (shown during booting) does not contain } the SCSI controller nor the ethernet controller. } When the installation menu is shown, the system doesn't know of any } harddisk in the system (fdisk). } } I tried to boot from a 2.1.0 boot floppy: same results. Compaq hasn't implemented the configuration space access registers according to the PCI specs, and this causes no end of trouble ... } I built a kernel on another system, adding some printf's to } /sys/pci/pcisupp.c in the chipset_probe function. It detects a PCI bus } but doesnot see any devices on it (as far as I can interpret the code). If you can rebuild your kernel (as it appears to be the case :) please get the file /sys/i386/isa/pcibus.c from some FreeBSD-current mirror. It contains enhanced PCI bus probe, which OUGHT to support your system. Please let me know if it fails. In this case, please send all lines starting with "pcibus_setup" from a VERBOSE boot (i.e. enter "-v" at the "Boot: " prompt). Regards, STefan -- Stefan Esser, Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706021 Universitaet zu Koeln, Weyertal 80, 50931 Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 ============================================================================== http://www.zpr.uni-koeln.de/~se From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Jan 25 23:35:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA15597 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 25 Jan 1996 23:35:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from beeblebrox.pccc.jyu.fi (beeblebrox.pccc.jyu.fi [130.234.41.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA15563 Thu, 25 Jan 1996 23:35:47 -0800 (PST) Received: (from kallio@localhost) by beeblebrox.pccc.jyu.fi (8.6.12/8.6.12) id JAA00244; Fri, 26 Jan 1996 09:35:24 +0200 Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 09:35:24 +0200 (EET) From: Seppo Kallio To: questions@freebsd.org, hardware@freebsd.org cc: Seppo Kallio Subject: HP C1553A Autoloading DDS-2 DAT tape drive control? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hi, we have HP C1553A Autoloading DDS2 DAT tape drives attached to a FreeBSD node. Is there a program available that would allow me to fully manipulate the drive? I have code for HPUX and Solaris, but it is so OS dependend I cannot compile it in FreeBSD. Seppo /************************************************************* * * dds_changer.c * * Utility to control a DDS autochanger (eg. C1553A, C156XA) * HP S700 and SOLARIS only. * * Kevin Jones kev@hpcpbla.bri.hp.com * * eg. dds_changer [123456ne] /dev/rmt/3hcn * * 1..6 = Select cartridge * n = next cartridge * e = eject magazine * ******************************************************************* * * To make: cc -o dds_changer dds_changer.c * * For HPUX * You must use with major number 121, eg. * crw-rw-rw- 1 bin bin 121 0x20130f Feb 26 1993 3hcn * ***************************************************************/ #define SOLARIS #include #include #include #include #include #ifdef HPUX #include #else #ifdef SOLARIS #include #include #endif #endif int fd; int temp = 1; main(argc, argv) int argc; char *argv[]; { int stat; #ifdef HPUX struct sctl_io sctl_io; #else #ifdef SOLARIS struct uscsi_cmd scsi_cmd, *cmd = &scsi_cmd; #endif #endif if (argc < 3) { fprintf (stderr, "Usage: dds_changer [123456ne] device-filename\n"); exit(1); } #ifdef HPUX if ((fd = open (argv[2], O_RDWR | O_NDELAY)) < 0) #else #ifdef SOLARIS if ((fd = open(argv[2], O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK)) < 0) #endif #endif { fprintf(stderr,"errno on %d\n",errno); perror("open:"); fprintf (stderr, "Couldn't open device: %s\n", argv[2]); /* exit(1); */ } #ifdef HPUX sctl_io.cdb_length = 6; sctl_io.data_length = 0; sctl_io.max_msecs = 100000; /* Allow 100 seconds */ sctl_io.flags = 0; /* Wrt, No WDTR, No ADTR, Use ATN */ sctl_io.cdb[0] = 0x1B; sctl_io.cdb[1] = 0x00; sctl_io.cdb[2] = 0x00; sctl_io.cdb[3] = 0x00; sctl_io.cdb[4] = 0x00; sctl_io.cdb[5] = 0x00; #else #ifdef SOLARIS cmd->uscsi_cdb = malloc( (size_t) 6); cmd->uscsi_cdblen = 0x06; cmd->uscsi_timeout = 30000; cmd->uscsi_flags = USCSI_WRITE; cmd->uscsi_bufaddr = 0; cmd->uscsi_buflen = 0; cmd->uscsi_cdb[0] = 0x1B; cmd->uscsi_cdb[1] = 0x00; cmd->uscsi_cdb[2] = 0x00; cmd->uscsi_cdb[3] = 0x00; cmd->uscsi_cdb[4] = 0x00; cmd->uscsi_cdb[5] = 0x00; #endif #endif switch (*argv[1]) { case 'e' : #ifdef HPUX sctl_io.cdb[5] = 0x80; #else #ifdef SOLARIS cmd->uscsi_cdb[5] = 0x80; #endif #endif break; case 'n' : break; default : if ((*argv[1] >= '1') && (*argv[1] <= '6')) { #ifdef HPUX sctl_io.cdb[3] = *argv[1] - '0'; sctl_io.cdb[4] = 0x01; #else #ifdef SOLARIS cmd->uscsi_cdb[3] = *argv[1] - '0'; cmd->uscsi_cdb[4] = 0x01; #endif #endif break; } fprintf (stderr, "Unrecognized option\n"); close (fd); exit (1); } for (temp = 0; temp < 2; ++temp) /* 2 tries in case we hit unit a ttention */ { #ifdef HPUX if (ioctl(fd, SIOC_IO, sctl_io) < 0) #else #ifdef SOLARIS if ((stat = ioctl (fd, USCSICMD ,cmd)) < 0) #endif #endif { fprintf(stderr,"errno on %d stat on %d\n",errno,stat); perror("write:"); fprintf (stderr, "Failed to exec IOCTL command !\n"); close (fd); exit (1); } else { close(fd); exit( 0); } #ifdef HPUX if (sctl_io.cdb_status == S_GOOD) { close (fd); exit (0); } else if ( (sctl_io.cdb_status != S_CHECK_CONDITION) || (sctl_io.sense_status != S_GOOD) || ((sctl_io.sense[2] & 0xF) != S_UNIT_ATTENTION) ) break; #endif } fprintf (stderr, "Device Reported Error !\n"); close (fd); exit (1); } From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Jan 26 07:05:06 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA07676 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 26 Jan 1996 07:05:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from MARENGO.BBN.COM (MARENGO.BBN.COM [128.89.6.82]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA07659 Fri, 26 Jan 1996 07:04:56 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199601261504.HAA07659@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 96 9:54:49 EST From: Tom Calderwood To: questions@freebsd.org, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Thinkpads anyone? Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Does anyone out there have experience running FreeBSD on Thinkpad machines? I'd like to verify compatibility before I buy.... Tom Calderwood tcalderw@bbn.com [I'm not on the lists at the moment, please, reply or cc to me ] From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Jan 26 08:54:00 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA11896 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 26 Jan 1996 08:54:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from rocky.sri.MT.net (rocky.sri.MT.net [204.182.243.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA11876 Fri, 26 Jan 1996 08:53:55 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.sri.MT.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id JAA02868; Fri, 26 Jan 1996 09:56:16 -0700 Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 09:56:16 -0700 From: Nate Williams Message-Id: <199601261656.JAA02868@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: Tom Calderwood Cc: questions@freebsd.org, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Thinkpads anyone? In-Reply-To: <199601261504.HAA07659@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <199601261504.HAA07659@freefall.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > Does anyone out there have experience running FreeBSD on Thinkpad > machines? Yes, I've run it (and am running it) on a couple different models, including the 750C/755C/760CX, and I know someone running it on the newer 365 (I *think* that's what it's called). Nate From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Jan 26 16:12:13 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA08255 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 26 Jan 1996 16:12:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from hda.com (hda.com [199.232.40.182]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA08249 Fri, 26 Jan 1996 16:12:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dufault@localhost) by hda.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id SAA08084; Fri, 26 Jan 1996 18:48:45 -0500 From: Peter Dufault Message-Id: <199601262348.SAA08084@hda.com> Subject: Re: HP C1553A Autoloading DDS-2 DAT tape drive control? To: kallio@beeblebrox.pccc.jyu.fi (Seppo Kallio) Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 18:48:44 -0500 (EST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org, hardware@freebsd.org, kallio@beeblebrox.pccc.jyu.fi In-Reply-To: from "Seppo Kallio" at Jan 26, 96 09:35:24 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > > Hi, we have HP C1553A Autoloading DDS2 DAT tape drives attached to > a FreeBSD node. Is there a program available that would allow me to > fully manipulate the drive? > > I have code for HPUX and Solaris, but it is so OS dependend I cannot > compile it in FreeBSD. You can use scsi(8) to send commands to the device. Something like this (I didn't run this - this is a dramatization based on that C code) saved as dds_changer and made executable. As a raw-device-name you must use something that accepts the SCSI ioctl calls - the control device for whatever it comes on line as will. #!/bin/sh PATH="/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin"; export PATH usage() { echo "Usage: dds_changer [123456ne] raw-device-name echo "1..6 = Select cartridge" echo "next cartridge" echo "eject magazine" exit 2 } if [ $# -ne 2 ] ; then usage fi cdb3=0 cdb4=0 cdb5=0 case $1 in [123456]) cdb3=$1 cdb4=1 ;; n) ;; e) cdb5=0x80 ;; ?) usage ;; esac scsi -f $2 -s 100 -c "1b 0 0 v v v" $cdb3 $cdb4 $cdb5 From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Jan 27 07:57:05 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA15848 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 27 Jan 1996 07:57:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from ibp.ibp.fr (ibp.ibp.fr [132.227.60.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA15843 for ; Sat, 27 Jan 1996 07:57:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from blaise.ibp.fr (blaise.ibp.fr [132.227.60.1]) by ibp.ibp.fr (8.6.12/jtpda-5.0) with ESMTP id QAA20988 for ; Sat, 27 Jan 1996 16:54:23 +0100 Received: from (uucp@localhost) by blaise.ibp.fr (8.6.12/jtpda-5.0) with UUCP id QAA08251 for hardware@freebsd.org; Sat, 27 Jan 1996 16:54:22 +0100 Received: (from roberto@localhost) by keltia.freenix.fr (8.7.3/keltia-uucp-2.7) id QAA26241 for hardware@freebsd.org; Sat, 27 Jan 1996 16:37:25 +0100 (MET) From: Ollivier Robert Message-Id: <199601271537.QAA26241@keltia.freenix.fr> Subject: NCR-based cards To: hardware@freebsd.org (Hardware Mailing list) Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 16:37:25 +0100 (MET) X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT ctm#1586 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL3 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hello, Has anybody a list of NCR-based SCSI cards with the manufacturer's name, the type (810, 825, 815,...) and the part # ? The one I know is the SC-200 from ASUS which is 810 based. I know Symbios is now the manufacturer of the chips but I don't have all the different cards. It is for the FAQ. Thanks, -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- The daemon is FREE! -=- roberto@keltia.frmug.fr.net FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 2.2-CURRENT #1: Sun Jan 14 20:23:45 MET 1996 From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Jan 27 14:49:24 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA07640 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 27 Jan 1996 14:49:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (ppp3-32.GANet.NET [198.30.255.32]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA07616 for ; Sat, 27 Jan 1996 14:49:13 -0800 (PST) Received: (from ejc@localhost) by localhost (8.6.12/8.6.12) id RAA12527; Sat, 27 Jan 1996 17:49:57 GMT Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 17:49:55 +0000 () From: "Eric J. Chet" To: Ollivier Robert cc: Hardware Mailing list Subject: Re: NCR-based cards In-Reply-To: <199601271537.QAA26241@keltia.freenix.fr> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 27 Jan 1996, Ollivier Robert wrote: > Hello, > > Has anybody a list of NCR-based SCSI cards with the manufacturer's name, > the type (810, 825, 815,...) and the part # ? > > The one I know is the SC-200 from ASUS which is 810 based. I know Symbios > is now the manufacturer of the chips but I don't have all the different > cards. > > It is for the FAQ. Hello Acculogic, Inc makes a NCR 825 card which works great with FreeBSD. The model number of this card is PCIpport/20 is sells for about $135.00. Peace, ejc ejc@nasvr1.cb.att.com > > Thanks, > -- > Ollivier ROBERT -=- The daemon is FREE! -=- roberto@keltia.frmug.fr.net > FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 2.2-CURRENT #1: Sun Jan 14 20:23:45 MET 1996 > > From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Jan 27 21:19:32 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id VAA26032 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 27 Jan 1996 21:19:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from yarrina.connect.com.au (yarrina.connect.com.au [192.189.54.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA26002 for ; Sat, 27 Jan 1996 21:19:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from ggm.bri.interconnect.com.au (ggm.bri.interconnect.com.au [202.21.11.197]) by yarrina.connect.com.au with SMTP id QAA02475 (8.6.12/IDA-1.6); Sun, 28 Jan 1996 16:18:30 +1100 Message-ID: <310B07D6.41C67EA6@connect.com.au> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 15:21:26 +1000 From: George Michaelson Organization: Connect.com.au Pty Ltd X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b5 (X11; I; BSD/386 uname failed) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: hardware@freebsd.org, port-i386@netbsd.org CC: ggm@connect.com.au Subject: Recommendable PCI/SCSI configs available in Australia X-URL: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi-bin/mail-archive.pl?words=pci+and+board&source=freebsd-questions.src&source=freebsd-hardware.src&max=200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I'm advising a party of Anaesthetists (!) who have some funding to research distance education/www/mbone on Internet. They want to buy pentium-100+ SCSI systems suitable for use as webservers and to option up to a matrox meteor video-enabled multicast station. Can anybody recommend Australian-available configs? I have a "Moebius" system myself which is 100Mhz but 70ns memory and will not work with any flavour of cache enabled :-( (triton chipset, and NOT an asus MB) It looks like ASUS motherboards are consistently viable, and include on-MB SCSI which might be useful for them. Any input from people who've recently commissioned systems in OZ greatfully received... -George PS no, I can't spell Anaesthesia related words... From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Jan 27 23:32:45 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA29889 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 27 Jan 1996 23:32:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA29884 for ; Sat, 27 Jan 1996 23:32:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id SAA06873; Sun, 28 Jan 1996 18:14:35 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199601280744.SAA06873@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Recommendable PCI/SCSI configs available in Australia To: ggm@connect.com.au (George Michaelson) Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 18:14:35 +1030 (CST) Cc: hardware@freebsd.org, port-i386@netbsd.org, ggm@connect.com.au In-Reply-To: <310B07D6.41C67EA6@connect.com.au> from "George Michaelson" at Jan 28, 96 03:21:26 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk George Michaelson stands accused of saying: > > Can anybody recommend Australian-available configs? I have a "Moebius" > system myself which is 100Mhz but 70ns memory and will not work with > any flavour of cache enabled :-( (triton chipset, and NOT an asus MB) > > It looks like ASUS motherboards are consistently viable, and include > on-MB SCSI which might be useful for them. ASUS are hard to get in Australia. I've been working with Y-Micro on parts selection for our systems, and have come up with a combination I'm very happy with. Basically, you want a Soyo Triton-based motherboard (they have a PB cache model, but I don't have pricing on PB modules yet) with a P120 and ASUS SC-200 SCSI controller. They also carry #9, so pick a card that suits your budget 8) We have a number of these machines (P100 & P120) and they're very solid. Y-Micro are generally pretty good to deal with too, certainly we've always had excellent support & v. quick warranty turnaround. > -George If you need more details, contact me directly. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[