Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 13:44:49 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 500au Message-ID: <200105142044.f4EKinG02246@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 14 May 2001 13:24:15 PDT." <20010514132415.A821@dragon.nuxi.com>
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> On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 03:54:51PM -0400, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
> > > That is NOT true. EVERY `a' model I've seen has a Qlogic 1040 SCSI
> > > controller in it. I am willing to bet someone replaced it with the
> > > Adaptec controller you have. The motherboard layouts are the same. What
> >
> > For "MX5" "a" miatas, the orignal equipment SCSI controllers are
> > Adaptec. I'll bet that somebody replaced the Adaptecs in your MX5s
> > with Qlogic boards before you got them.
> ...
> > FWIW, our "au" models came with atapi scsi drives.
>
> (*sigh*) I've heard "authoritatively" from others what I said above. I
> am starting to think nobody knows how DEC configured these systems -- or
> maybe there was a long list of options that often got chosen.
From what I've heard/read, this is correct; you could specify either
Qlogic or Adaptec for a system shipping with NT, but only Qlogic for a
system shipping with OSF. It was possible to order an 'au' system with
NT, confusing the matter significantly.
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