From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat May 19 12:59:42 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7781237B422; Sat, 19 May 2001 12:59:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.demon.nl) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 151Csz-0005EI-00; Sat, 19 May 2001 19:59:37 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.11.3/8.11.2) id f4JK4ng05437; Sat, 19 May 2001 22:04:49 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 22:04:49 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: "M. Osten" Cc: "David O'Brien" , "Michael A. Smith" , freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 500au Message-ID: <20010519220449.J5197@freebie.demon.nl> References: <20010514124701.A2926@dragon.nuxi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: ; from kulua@reefedge.com on Tue, May 15, 2001 at 03:15:45PM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 03:15:45PM -0500, M. Osten 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 > > do you think is different about them? Or are you comparing the MX5 > > models with the GL models? I do know that the `a' models have ATAPI > > CDROM drives vs. the SCSI ones of the `au' models. I believe there are > > also video differences between the two models. > > > Hum...the older PWS had adaptec controllers...hence no srm. I have a > "au" (shipped with NT) and have a IDE cdrom. Wrong. SRM or not has nothing to do with Adaptecs. Adaptecs were shipped with Miatas intended for WinNT. 'au' is for Unix or VMS, not NT. Read HARDWARE.TXT -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@freebsd.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Powered by FreeBSD/alpha http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message