From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Oct 29 06:38:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA19031 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 29 Oct 1997 06:38:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from toth.hq.ferg.com (toth.ferginc.com [205.139.23.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id GAA19024 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 1997 06:38:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from branson@toth.hq.ferg.com) Received: (from branson@localhost) by toth.hq.ferg.com (You_Can/Keep_Guessing) id JAA08823; Wed, 29 Oct 1997 09:34:12 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19971029093411.26844@toth.hq.ferg.com> Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 09:34:11 -0500 From: Branson Matheson To: Alexander Litvin Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cyclades :( Reply-To: Branson.Matheson@FergInc.com References: <19971029101640.62720@grape.carrier.kiev.ua> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: <19971029101640.62720@grape.carrier.kiev.ua>; from Alexander Litvin on Wed, Oct 29, 1997 at 10:16:40AM +0200 Organization: Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, Oct 29, 1997 at 10:16:40AM +0200, Alexander Litvin wrote: >> I'm just curious why the Cyclades are mentioned as the "first choice" >> in the handbook? Nobody has any problems with them? > > I agree -- ISA cy works. As for PCI... I have had some problems with them but they have been rather reliable ... the I am using four of the CY-8 PCI version.. at first there were some problems with the boards loosing half of their ports.. this seems to have gone away with the versions.. I am currently using them as console ports for my mainframes.. it allows me to connect to that machine, use watch and then be on the console. This is of great benefit. -branson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Branson Matheson " If you are falling off of a mountain, Unix System Administrator You may as well try to fly." Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. - Delenn, Mimbari Ambassador ( $statements = ) !~ /Corporate Opinion/;