uhclem@trsvax.UUCP (07/23/89)
<> B>Could this person mail me the Tandy ordering information? I'm not the person, but I think he now works for Adaptec. The 16-Bit SCSI Adapter can be found on page 9 of the RSC-20 catalog. The catalog number is 25-4161 and the price is $299.95. "Thank you, Uh Clem." Frank Durda IV @ <trsvax!uhclem> ...decvax!microsoft!trsvax!uhclem ...sys1!hal6000!trsvax!uhclem
noel@ubbs-nh.MV.COM (Noel B. Del More Nashua) (08/08/89)
In article <196500028@trsvax> uhclem@trsvax.UUCP writes: >I'm not the person, but I think he now works for Adaptec. >The 16-Bit SCSI Adapter can be found on page 9 of the RSC-20 catalog. >The catalog number is 25-4161 and the price is $299.95. The current price of the controller is $349.00 (today) be aware that they have released a new catalog (also today) and the price is up to $499.00. I beleive the wholesale price of this controller has been increased as, if my short term memory serves me correctly, I was quoted $350.00 by one of the larger Adaptec distributors. So, if your planning to anyway, buy it now before they update the POS price lists at the stores. On another note, is anyone running SCO Unix? Does it support SCSI? Noel > > > "Thank you, Uh Clem." > Frank Durda IV @ <trsvax!uhclem> > ...decvax!microsoft!trsvax!uhclem > ...sys1!hal6000!trsvax!uhclem -- Noel B. Del More | decvax!ubbs-nh!noel 17 Meredith Drive | noel@ubbs-nh.mv.com Nashua, New Hampshire 03063 | It's unix me son! `taint spozed tah make cents
eli@robechq.UUCP ( Robec Horsham PM) (08/10/89)
>In article <196500028@trsvax> uhclem@trsvax.UUCP writes: > >On another note, is anyone running SCO Unix? Does it support SCSI? > Page 11 of the release notes for SCO UNIX 3.2 says that it supports the AHA-154X SCSI. I have not tried it myself. -- **************************************************** Eli Levine Robec Distributors rutgers!bpa!temvax!robechq!eli ****************************************************
fr@icdi10.UUCP (Fred Rump from home) (08/14/89)
In article <774@robechq.UUCP> eli@robechq.UUCP (Eli Levine - Robec Horsham PM) writes: ->>In article <196500028@trsvax> uhclem@trsvax.UUCP writes: ->> ->>On another note, is anyone running SCO Unix? Does it support SCSI? ->> ->Page 11 of the release notes for SCO UNIX 3.2 says that it ->supports the AHA-154X SCSI. ->I have not tried it myself. ->Eli Levine Robec Distributors Just as a matter of reference, it runs great. We use the 1542A board with the floppy controller. While we haven't accurately timed anything, the general feeling is that it even eats floppies faster. But boy, SCO UNIX is B I G ! Fred Rump -- This is my house. My castle will get started right after I finish with news. 26 Warren St. uucp: ...{bpa dsinc uunet}!cdin-1!icdi10!fr Beverly, NJ 08010 domain: fred@cdin-1.uu.net or icdi10!fr@cdin-1.uu.net 609-386-6846 "Freude... Alle Menschen werden Brueder..." - Schiller
tyager@maxx.UUCP (Tom Yager) (08/14/89)
In article <774@robechq.UUCP>, eli@robechq.UUCP ( Robec Horsham PM) writes: > >In article <196500028@trsvax> uhclem@trsvax.UUCP writes: > > > >On another note, is anyone running SCO Unix? Does it support SCSI? > > > Page 11 of the release notes for SCO UNIX 3.2 says that it > supports the AHA-154X SCSI. > > I have not tried it myself. > > -- > **************************************************** > Eli Levine Robec Distributors > rutgers!bpa!temvax!robechq!eli > **************************************************** With regard to SCO UNIX System V and Adaptec SCSI: I have tried it myself, and it does work. Between the revamped filesystem and the brand-new device drivers, it's one hell of a system compared to Xenix. I don't know if SCO is doing anything with regard to upgrades, but I'd be hard-pressed to find a reason to keep using Xenix (other than $$, which can be pretty compelling) now that SCO has brought out their 3.2 release. I've used it with the AHA-1540A and AHA-1542A controllers. The only obvious difference is that the 1542A has an on-board floppy controller. It does work quite well, but don't try to use the CDC Wren III drive with it. For me, this device would not work at all, coughing up unusual controller errors. The same drive works perfectly under DOS and ISC's 386/ix. This is the most serious flaw I could find with their SCSI handling. Everything you love about Xenix is there: the Microsoft C compiler, the BSD commands, the on-line manual pages. Only this time, SCO has sweetened the pot with Codeview (if you don't know what that is, ask someone), an early attempt at POSIX compliance, and (alleged) C2-level security. If you'd like to buy my copy of Xenix 2.3, you're welcome to it; as far as I'm concerned, Xenix is dead. The best of it has been moved into a more robust, more portable platform: System V, release 3.2. I don't speak for SCO, and they may not wish to have the sheet pulled over Xenix so soon, so I advise you to take my preaching with a grain of salt. There may be advantages to sticking with Xenix that I've not seen. So far, the only obvious ones are the (aforementioned) cost, and the more efficient floating-point libraries. Also, when I speak of the demise of Xenix, I mean only the 80386 version. The other releases will, I'm sure, stay around as long as Intel continues to sell the lesser processors. If anyone has a compelling (technical) reason for staying with Xenix, I'd be interested to hear it. That's not the snooty challenge it seems to be; I really want to know how the community feels about the changes taking place at SCO. If you'd like to know more about SCO UNIX System V, drop me a line. (ty) -- +--Tom Yager, freelance technical writer-----------------------------------+ | ARPA: tyager%maxx@m2c.m2c.org (preferred) -or- tyager@apollo.com | | I speak only for myself "Are we blind to the truth, or assigned to | +--believe it? Only the wise will know."-----------------------------------+