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From: se@zpr.uni-koeln.de (Stefan Esser)
To: marcs@znep.com (Marc Slemko)
Cc: se@zpr.uni-koeln.de (Stefan Esser), freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: ncr 825 clone hunt
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Marc Slemko writes:
> On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, Stefan Esser wrote:
> 
> > Darryl Okahata writes:
> > > > Does anyone know a source of ncr 825 clones?  I'm suddenly having troubles
> > > > getting the one from Tyan, and I need a new scsi controller for my new smp
> > > > system.  Thanks!
> > > 
> > >      The only other one I know about is the Tekram DC-390W.
> > > 
> > >      If STefan ever gets the 875 working, you'll also be able to use the
> > > DC-390U or DC-390F (but not the plain "DC-309", which is based upon an
> > > AMD -- and not an NCR -- chip).
> > 
> > Please allow me to add two comments:
> > 
> > 1) Did you try a DC390F under FreeBSD-current, recently :)
> 
> It looks to me like the diff to get the DC390F to work under -stable would
> be quite trivial. 
> 
> Has anyone done so or tried to do so, before I try tracking down the card? 

I will merge in all the changes that made it into -current,
after they proved to not cause any trouble. The planned date 
for the merge is end of this week or next week, depending on
a few other things ...

But if you want to receive the patches in advance, I can 
prepare a set of diffs ...

Regards, STefan