From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Oct 15 19:27:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA29152 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 15 Oct 1996 19:27:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from po2.glue.umd.edu (po2.glue.umd.edu [129.2.128.45]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA29145 for ; Tue, 15 Oct 1996 19:27:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from modem.eng.umd.edu (modem.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.187]) by po2.glue.umd.edu (8.8.0/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA05702; Tue, 15 Oct 1996 22:27:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by modem.eng.umd.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA08404; Tue, 15 Oct 1996 22:27:33 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: modem.eng.umd.edu: chuckr owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 22:27:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@modem.eng.umd.edu To: darrylo@sr.hp.com cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ncr 825 clone hunt In-Reply-To: <199610160131.AA001649485@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 15 Oct 1996, Darryl Okahata wrote: > > 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). I have heard that Tyan is stopping the production on their 825 based controller in favor of an 875 based one, but have had a real rocky start with the new ones. I guess I won't get a new one, then (I don't want to wait too long). > > -- Darryl Okahata > Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com > > DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not > constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Hewlett-Packard, or of the > little green men that have been following him all day. > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------