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Date:      Sat, 19 May 2001 22:04:49 +0200
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl>
To:        "M. Osten" <kulua@reefedge.com>
Cc:        "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>, "Michael A. Smith" <msmith@code-fu.com>, freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 500au
Message-ID:  <20010519220449.J5197@freebie.demon.nl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0105151513430.6504-100000@local.localhost>; from kulua@reefedge.com on Tue, May 15, 2001 at 03:15:45PM -0500
References:  <20010514124701.A2926@dragon.nuxi.com> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0105151513430.6504-100000@local.localhost>

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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

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