mca@medicus.com (Mark Adams) (12/23/90)
In article <1990Dec12.195532.1163@ism.isc.com> support@mchale.ism.isc.com (Support) writes: > [ A list of INTERACTIVE UNIX updates, including ] > EISA Bus update - enables support for EISA bus hardware (may not work on > all EISA bus machines) And in article <1990Dec14.144153.12315@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes: > Some things to remember with EISA at this time: > [ ... ] > 2. Most OSs have not yet been tested/modified to work correctly with > EISA (don't know if this is true for ESIX, but ISC2.2 requires > a fix disk to work correctly with EISA). Can anyone provide more details on this "EISA fix" for INTERACTIVE? What specific problems is it supposed to fix? What versions of INTERACTIVE does it pertain to? I ask because we've been running DigiBoard's DigiCHANNEL C/16 EISA cards under 2.02 and 2.2 for awhile now without difficulty. Are we just lucky? Thanks for any information you can give. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Adams Medicus Systems Corporation mca@medicus.com Clinical Data Systems {uunet,sun!rtech,unisoft}!medicus!mca Alameda, California
cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (12/24/90)
In article <1990Dec23.014657.22214@medicus.com> mca@medicus.com (Mark Adams) writes: > >Can anyone provide more details on this "EISA fix" for INTERACTIVE? What >specific problems is it supposed to fix? What versions of INTERACTIVE >does it pertain to? I ask because we've been running DigiBoard's >DigiCHANNEL C/16 EISA cards under 2.02 and 2.2 for awhile now without >difficulty. Are we just lucky? I *think* the problems are associated with using memory above 16MB - be it main memory, adaptor memory, etc. I'm not sure if there were any other problems. We had ISC UNIX 2.2 runing on a 486/25 EISA and could only address memory <=16MB. We had some problems booting with a Weitek 4167, but have yet to try it with the EISA patch to see if that problem has been fixed. -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc., uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170
root@gold.doit.sub.org (Christian Seyb) (12/24/90)
In <1990Dec23.162530.3363@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes: >problems. We had ISC UNIX 2.2 runing on a 486/25 EISA and could only >address memory <=16MB. We had some problems booting with a Weitek 4167, >but have yet to try it with the EISA patch to see if that problem has >been fixed. I am currently running ISC 2.2 on a 33 MHz Hauppauge 4860 EISA Board (Dual Processor system i486 and i860) with 8M bytes of RAM. I plan upgrading the memory beyond the 16M bytes in the near future (the motherboard can hold up to 64MB of RAM). What EISA patch are you talking about? Where do I get it? regards Christian -- Christian Seyb | Internet: cs@gold.doit.sub.org uucp login: nuucp Fuchsweg 86 | Mailbox: +49-8106-34593 24h 300-19200 PEP/V.32 8011 Baldham | +49-8106-34692 24h 300-19200 HST -- Lieber fuenf vor Zwoelf, als gar keine nach Eins.
support@bomber.ism.isc.com (Support Account) (12/27/90)
In article <1990Dec23.014657.22214@medicus.com> mca@medicus.com (Mark Adams) writes: >Can anyone provide more details on this "EISA fix" for INTERACTIVE? What >specific problems is it supposed to fix? What versions of INTERACTIVE >does it pertain to? I ask because we've been running DigiBoard's >DigiCHANNEL C/16 EISA cards under 2.02 and 2.2 for awhile now without >difficulty. Are we just lucky? The EISA bus update disk supports: primarily Compaq EISA machines (may work on other manufacturer's machines), more than 16MB of memory on EISA bus machines, EISA NVRAM, Compaq Intelligent Drive Array (IDA), and Compaq 320/525 MB tapes. The update runs on Interactive Unix V2.2. The update part number is SP00025 (for 5 1/4" diskettes) and SP00026 (for 3 1/2" diskettes), and is available from Interactive's Teleservices group (at 1-800 346 7111) for US customers, or from the European sales office (at 44 494 472383) for European customers. ..
larry@nstar.rn.com (Larry Snyder) (12/27/90)
What exactly is the 2.21 upgrade about? What does it add (and or fix)?
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Public Access Unix Site (219) 289-0282 (5 high speed lines)support@bomber.ism.isc.com (Support Account) (12/28/90)
In article <1990Dec27.131514.4437@nstar.rn.com> larry@nstar.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes: >What exactly is the 2.21 upgrade about? What does it add (and or fix)? V2.2.1 of Interactive Unix is now available as a 3 diskette update for current users, or as a complete release for new customers. The update includes Posix fixes, fixes install problems with certain hard disk controllers (Seagate and Rodime IDEs, Adaptec 1640, WD1007V), and includes fixes for other install related issues. The update is available through your distributor or Interactive for current users who have problems in these areas. New purchasers of Interactive Unix will receive a complete release of V2.2.1 including the additional feature of disk compression on all subset diskettes. Files are in compressed format, and are decompressed during installation. This feature cuts install time and number of disks requiring installation considerably. ...