sbw@naucse.UUCP (Steve Wampler) (10/10/88)
What is the status of the 3b1 SCSI card previously announced by IDT?
It seems to me that the last release date I saw was the end of
September.
If it's out, does anyone know what tape and disk drives work with it?
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Steve Wampler
{....!arizona!naucse!sbw}paul@elgar.UUCP (Paul Palacios) (10/12/88)
In article <961@naucse.UUCP> sbw@naucse.UUCP (Steve Wampler) writes: >What is the status of the 3b1 SCSI card previously announced by IDT? >It seems to me that the last release date I saw was the end of >September. Yup, first August, then September, and then late October, now... I called IDT this morning (Tues Oct 11) and spoke with a man by the name of Mike Stein (hope I spelled that correctly) that works closely with Matt Marshall (a man you are probably already familiar with, if you've spoken to IDT regarding this issue). He basically said that a current video project for the mac had taken presidence, causing the development on the 3b1 SCSI card to slow down. This I could have lived with, but he also went on to say that sometime in the next couple of weeks that there will be some sort of meeting that a corporate decision will be made of whether or not to "shelf" the 3b1 SCSI project until other products (ie. for the mac -- due to a larger market) are finished. When I asked Mr. Stein if the decision was not to "shelf" the product, is there another estimated release date or if he had any idea of such a date, he basically said that there was none. There's one thing I'd like to ask to any other developers out there: Does anyone of you see the market here for such products as this SCSI card, and if you do, wouldn't you like to cash in on it? :+) > >If it's out, does anyone know what tape and disk drives work with it? >-- I'm not aware of what was projected to be supported, but it might not matter if it never gets released. Sorry. -- <This space was left blank intentionally> -- Paul Palacios UUCP: {cbosgd, hplabs!hp-sdd, sdcsvax, nosc}!crash!boop!paul P.O. Box 842 ucsd!elgar!boop!paul INET: paul@boop.cts.com Bonita, CA 92002 ARPA: crash!boop!paul@nosc.mil ORG: The C-Group U.S.A. VOICE: +1 (619) 420-5776
richard@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Richard Foulk) (10/12/88)
} development on the 3b1 SCSI card to slow down. This I could have } lived with, but he also went on to say that sometime in the next } couple of weeks that there will be some sort of meeting that a } corporate decision will be made of whether or not to "shelf" the 3b1 } SCSI project until other products (ie. for the mac -- due to a larger } market) are finished. Perhaps now would be a good time for anyone who cares to give them a call and express interest in it. Richard
lad@eplrx7.UUCP (Lawrence A. Deleski) (10/13/88)
From article <2483@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>, by richard@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Richard Foulk): > } development on the 3b1 SCSI card to slow down. This I could have > } lived with, but he also went on to say that sometime in the next > } couple of weeks that there will be some sort of meeting that a > } corporate decision will be made of whether or not to "shelf" the 3b1 > } SCSI project until other products (ie. for the mac -- due to a larger > } market) are finished. > > Perhaps now would be a good time for anyone who cares to give them > a call and express interest in it. > > Richard Perhaps I can shed some light on the IDT situation. I'm very close to them, and have been talking to them on almost a daily basis. Here's what I know. First, the IDT SCSI is real, in hardware that is. Their problem all along is SOFTWARE. Not enough documentation exsists for them to write a decent SCSI device driver. They've used every outlet that they ( or I) could think of, ATT. ATT VARS, Convergent, anybody and everybody, but no luck. So here's a plea in behalf of IDT: If you know how to write loadable device drivers, or know where sufficient documentation can be had to help them do it, then please call them. I'm sure they won't admit it, but they need the software help. Second, other projects (mainly for the Mac) are taking time away from the SCSI development. If they had been further along with the software, however, I'm sure the SCSI would be here by now. Lawrence A. Deleski | E.I. Dupont Co. uunet!eplrx7!lad | Engineering Physics Lab Cash-We-Serve 76127,104 | Wilmington, Delaware 19898 MABELL: (302) 695-9353 | Mail Stop: E357-302 -- Lawrence A. Deleski | E.I. Dupont Co. uunet!eplrx7!lad | Engineering Physics Lab Cash-We-Serve 76127,104 | Wilmington, Delaware 19898 MABELL: (302) 695-9353 | Mail Stop: E357-302
apedaile@pttesac.UUCP (J. E. Apedaile) (10/18/88)
In article <701@eplrx7.UUCP> lad@eplrx7.UUCP (Lawrence A. Deleski) writes: > >So here's a plea in behalf of IDT: If you know how to write loadable >device drivers, or know where sufficient documentation can be had to help >them do it, then please call them. More than IDT would be interested, since almost all AT&T sources of info on the UNIX-PC have dried up, please post an article if you know where this documentation can be had. -- Jim Apedaile Work: (415) 545-8300 WORK UUCP: {att,bellcore,sun,ames,pyramid}!pacbell!pttesac!apedaile HOME UUCP: {att,bellcore,sun,ames,pyramid}!pacbell!pttesac!clab!jim
richard@islenet.UUCP (Richard Foulk) (10/19/88)
} >So here's a plea in behalf of IDT: If you know how to write loadable } >device drivers, or know where sufficient documentation can be had to help } >them do it, then please call them. } } More than IDT would be interested, since almost all AT&T sources of info } on the UNIX-PC have dried up, please post an article if you know where this } documentation can be had. I have a 40-page document called the UNIX PC Version 3.0 Device Driver Development Guide, that seems pretty thorough. It was mentioned in one of the manuals that came with the system, including an address where to write for it. I don't have the address handy at the moment. My copy probably isn't good enough to make additional copies from. What we need to do is to track down a machine readable copy of the document so we can spread it around. -- Richard Foulk ...{vortex,ihnp4,spl1}!islenet!richard Honolulu, Hawaii