C43CJK%ENG4.gm@hac2arpa.hac.com (Craig Keithley) (02/20/90)
I am looking for experiences/advice on the selection of a SCSI drive adapter
to use on my 386. I currently have a WD1006(?) MFM controller w/ a Micropolis
1325 drive, running DOS and ESIX.
I am considering one of the following:
Seagate,
Future Domain
Adaptec
SCSI adapter to use as the controller for additional hard disks.
Does anyone have any experience using both controllers in one box?
Recommendations on which adapter to use? Comments, suggestions, etc.
Please e-mail responses -- I don't have access to the news feed.
C43CJK%ENG4.gm@hac2arpa.hac.com
Craig Keithleyallred@ut-emx.UUCP (Kevin L. Allred) (02/20/90)
In article <2870@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>, C43CJK%ENG4.gm@hac2arpa.hac.com (Craig Keithley) writes: > I am looking for experiences/advice on the selection of a SCSI drive adapter > to use on my 386. I currently have a WD1006(?) MFM controller w/ a Micropolis > 1325 drive, running DOS and ESIX. > > I am considering one of the following: > Seagate, > Future Domain > Adaptec > SCSI adapter to use as the controller for additional hard disks. I have the Seagate ST-02 SCSI host adaptor and the ST296N drive running only DOS at the moment. I haven't purchased any version of Unix yet, because I haven't figured out who supports the ST-02. According to the ESIX documentation, they only support the Adaptec. When I find out who and how much, I will make the decision as to whether it is most cost effective to buy the adeptec (This would certainly be the high performance option) and say ESIX or to buy a different (probably more expensive) Unix and keep the ST-02. I know an ST-02 device driver was posted to the net several months ago, but as I understand it, the kernel could not be rebuilt to support the ST-02 as the boot device. (Can anyone comment on this point?) The next point to note is that the BIOS chip in the ST-02 has a Future Domain copy write notice on it. Is the ST-02 a repackaged Future Domain SCSI host adaptor? Is it compatible with drivers that support the Future Domain adaptors? -- Kevin Allred allred@emx.cc.utexas.edu allred@ut-emx.UUCP
neese@adaptex.UUCP (02/21/90)
>> I am looking for experiences/advice on the selection of a SCSI drive adapter >> to use on my 386. I currently have a WD1006(?) MFM controller w/ a Micropolis >> 1325 drive, running DOS and ESIX. >> >> I am considering one of the following: >> Seagate, >> Future Domain >> Adaptec >> SCSI adapter to use as the controller for additional hard disks. > >I have the Seagate ST-02 SCSI host adaptor and the ST296N drive >running only DOS at the moment. I haven't purchased any version of >Unix yet, because I haven't figured out who supports the ST-02. >According to the ESIX documentation, they only support the Adaptec. > <STUFF DELETED> The 154x adapter is supported by SCO, ISC and now ESIX. I understand that there are other UNIX's that are adding support for the 154x in thier implementation as well. Roy Neese Adaptec Central Field Applications Engineer UUCP @ {texbell,attctc}!cpe!adaptex!neese merch!adaptex!neese uunet!swbatl!texbell!merch!adaptex!neese
jeg7e@watt.acc.Virginia.EDU (John E. Gefaell) (02/21/90)
Junk the ST02! IT is a $30 adapter! I've spent more for lunch on occasion The fact is, if you want to play with UNIX, you can certainly be serious about your hardware. Penny Wise and Pound Foolish if you ask me. I bought the ST296N and ST02 combo a while back for use W/ DOS. Immediately I knew that this was a suboptimal situation. Data Transfer averaged only 45oK/BPS and that was pathetic, considering this was SCSI and not ST412/MFM! So, I went about researching things. Future Domain made the ST01/02 for Seagate to allow a low cost entry point for SCSI. The drives after all, are quite inexpensive (a 80Meg SCSI disk for $500!) I bought ESIX, so I opted for the AHA1542A and I love it. Anyways, don't skimp, get the better adapter, you'll bew glad you did.