root@medsys.UUCP (Super user) (06/23/89)
I have a ZEOS 386 which came with a Seagate ST296N drive and ST02 Host Adapter -- SCSI configuration. I also have the SCO-Xenix 2.3.2 386GT operating system. Is there any hope of using Xenix with this system? The xenix release notes state that only the Adaptec AHA-154x SCSI host adapter is supported. I cannot find any such adapter listed in any of my hardware sources. I would greatly appreciate hearing from anyone who has been able to set up an SCSI system with SCO-Xenix386 or finding a source for the Adaptec SCSI host adapter. __ | LaVerne Olney -- Med-Systems __ __| __ __ Medical Office Management Software |^.^. /__) / | (__ | | (__ 1932 Brookside Road | | | \__ \__| ___) \__| ___) Kingsport, TN 37660 U.S.A. | Unix BBS: 615-288-3957 (__) UUCP: uunet!medsys!laverne
neese@adaptex.UUCP (06/30/89)
The AHA-1540 SCSI host adapter is supported by SCO and can be gotten
at many places. It is however a OEM type of product. I would recommend
that you try Tandy, as they have a very good price on the adapter
(299.00). The down side is that I have heard of many problems using
Seagate SCSI drives. It seems that they are somewhat misbehaved
on the SCSI bus.
Roy Neese
Adaptec Central Field Applications Engineer
UUCP @ {merch,texbell,killer}!cpe!adaptex!neesecaf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg) (07/04/89)
I have been running an Adaptec 1540 (not A) board with a CDC Wren V (600 MB) drive since early this year. The Wren is the entire disk plus a small (for fooling around) DOS partition for 2.3 GT. It is also mounted as a pair of Xenix filesystems and (sometimes) as a second DOS FS under a beta test version. Except for the lack of a floppy disk driver on the 1540 and its consequent effect on empty board slots, I have had no problems with the combination running SCO on either an Everex 3000 or an early Intel 386 motherboard (the one with the fubar 386 socket). This combination definitely keeps netnews from foaming at the mouth. This combo gets good numbers from Coretest and other dick performance benchmarks I have run. I got the CDC drive and Adaptec controller from Microtek West (408-458-1414). They are used to talking to people who know what they need. Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX ...!tektronix!reed!omen!caf Author of YMODEM, ZMODEM, Professional-YAM, ZCOMM, and DSZ Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software" 17505-V NW Sauvie IS RD Portland OR 97231 503-621-3406 TeleGodzilla:621-3746 FAX:621-3735 CIS:70007,2304 Genie:CAF