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- From: charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org (Charlie Smith)
- Subject: Re: Inexpensive 16-bit Future Domain SCSI Adapters
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.181846.2483@elektro.cmhnet.org>
- Organization: Why do you suspect that?
- References: <1992Dec12.235542.16006@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 18:18:46 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec12.235542.16006@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >Several people have been looking for an inexpensive yet decent SCSI
- >adapter for use under OS/2 2.0 (to run CD-ROM, particularly).
- >
- >I have no affiliation with the company, but Hi-Tech (at 805-966-5454
- >or FAX 805-966-2354) is offering the Future Domain 16-bit TMC-1660ER
- >SCSI adapter for $65. I believe this adapter includes floppy disk
- >support.
- >
- >I have not specifically tested this adapter with OS/2 2.0. However,
- >the OS/2 2.0 README file indicates that the TMC-1660 is supported
- >natively by OS/2, without the IBMINT13.I13 driver.
- >
- >--
- >Timothy F. Sipples | Read the OS/2 FAQ List 2.0h, available from
-
- A word of caution: I called Future Domain Tech Support today about this
- controller card. (714-253-0400) They said that the ER on the end of the
- model number means that it is a special OEM card that does not have
- onboard BIOS.
-
- My question was, will it work with Interactive 386 UNIX, and they said that
- it would work for drives other than the boot drive. They said that you
- could not boot off of a controller without a BIOS. This should hold true
- for any operating system.
-
- Also, Future Domain said that their drivers are packaged with both ISC UNIX
- and os/2, which will let you get by without having to configure *additional*
- drivers.
-
- (Also, another distributer I checked to cross check the
- price said that they had the TMC-1600, but had never heard of it with
- an 'ER' suffix. You get what you pay for I guess.)
-
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