bill@alembic.acs.com (Bill Hatch) (11/23/90)
Bill Hatch (301)470-3839(w) (301)441-1675(h) Coleman Research, 14504 Greenview Drive, Laurel MD 20708 All opinions expressed are my own - dont blame my employer or alembic systems ========================================================================== Keywords: Hardware Compatibility I have been unsuccessful in getting any telephone response from Intel on some hardware compatibility questions on V386 Release 4. Their product, as described in the latest catalog from Programers Connection, seems to offer a lot for the price (about $1400). The Programmers Connection technical staff has received no compatibility information from Intel. I made 2 attempts, using their Intel technical contact number, to get hw conpatibility information. Both resulted in several call forwardings and a promise to have someone call me back. 2 additional attempts through the local MD Intel Reigonal office resulted in the same dead end. None of these prodeucd a call back. Therefore i am posting this article in hopes that someone else can provide at least partial answers or hints. I have no interest in bashing Intel - i simply need information !!! We are planning to install Intel V386 Rel 4 in the following hardware configuration: HP Vectra RS/C 20 Mhz 64KB Cashe, 8 Mb RAM, 300 Mb HP SCSI disk / Adaptec SCSI controller Paridise Color VGA Irwin 80 Mb Mini Cartridge Tape 8 Port Intelligent Controller I would like to know if Intel V386 Rel 4 includes the necessary drivers for this hardware configuration or if the drivers for V.4 are provided by the hardware manufacturers. Stan Philips at Media Integration helped us in selecting the hard disk and in eliminating a SCSI controller that was "probably not" V.4 compatible yet. Our local computer dealers either support only SCO Unix or provide no Unix support. I will greatly appreciate any hints or pointers on these compatibility issues. bill hatch e-mail: uunet!bts!bill phone : (301)470-3839 home : (301)441-1675 Coleman Research 14504 Greenview Drive Suite 500 Laurel MD 20708 -- ========================================================================= Bill Hatch (301)470-3839(w) (301)441-1675(h) Coleman Research, 14504 Greenview Drive, Laurel MD 20708 All opinions expressed are my own - dont blame my employer or alembic systems
cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (11/26/90)
In article <1990Nov23.034645.2409@alembic.acs.com> bill@alembic.acs.com (Bill Hatch) writes: >We are planning to install Intel V386 Rel 4 in the following hardware >configuration: > >300 Mb HP SCSI disk / Adaptec SCSI controller One thing that you have to be carefull about SVR4 is that AT&T in its infinite wisdom has hard-coded SCSI ID strings into its SCSI drivers which refuse to try to work with SCSI devices that have ID strings that are not in that table. We ran into this with a "Conner 200MB SCSI" drive. If intel hasn't changed this portion of the system (and I have no reason to believe they have or haven't) you might run into problems. >8 Port Intelligent Controller What controller? For most of these, you have to get the drivers from the manufacturer and for the most part the SVR3 drivers are not fully compatible with SVR4. -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc., uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170