From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue May 15 0:11:54 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from postino.fi.infn.it (postino.fi.infn.it [192.84.145.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26D3237B423; Tue, 15 May 2001 00:11:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Riccardo.Veraldi@fi.infn.it) Received: from nikita.fi.infn.it (nikita.fi.infn.it [192.84.146.189]) by postino.fi.infn.it (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f4F7Bmm63813; Tue, 15 May 2001 09:11:48 +0200 (CEST) From: Riccardo.Veraldi@fi.infn.it Received: by nikita.fi.infn.it (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7685418CE8; Tue, 15 May 2001 09:11:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nikita.fi.infn.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DF3815905; Tue, 15 May 2001 09:11:48 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 09:11:47 +0200 (CEST) X-X-Sender: To: "David O'Brien" Cc: Andrew Gallatin , Subject: Re: 500au In-Reply-To: <20010514132415.A821@dragon.nuxi.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Dear friends I think DAvid is right noone really knows at al lthe exact configuration of these Miatas. Somene even told me that there were models of MiataGL without the 2 USB ports. In the DreeBSD HARDWARE.TXT is reported that a MiataGL must have in the rear 2 USB port but this machine I am about to buy is a MiataGL wiouth the 2 USB ports... Rick On Mon, 14 May 2001, David O'Brien wrote: > Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 13:24:15 -0700 > From: David O'Brien > To: Andrew Gallatin > Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: 500au > > 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. > > -- > -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message