SUMMARY: SCSI cards for AlphaPC 164

From: Joel Votaw <jovotaw_at_cs.nmsu.edu>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 10:35:35 -0700 (MST)

I mailed out about a week ago asking what SCSI adaptors work on an
AlphaPC 164. The support base is limited because of what SRM will
recognize and boot off of; and you have to buy *some* kind of SCSI card
since Tru64 doesn't support the IDE adaptor on those motherboards.

The short answer:

Buy an NCR/Symbios 53c875 -based card; the generic/reference/OEM one works
fine. The Tru64 kernel will complain when it starts up ("unsupported
53c875-based adaptor" or something like that) but will work anyways.
These cards can be had for $70 including 2-day shipping from
www.centrix-intl.com and I'm sure there are other places online as well.


Thanks to those who replied (did I get everyone?) :

        "Steven N. Hirsch" <shirsch_at_adelphia.net>
        Richard Eckman <r.s.eckman_at_larc.nasa.gov>
        "Dr. Tom Blinn, 603-884-0646" <tpb_at_doctor.zk3.dec.com>
        "Hoover, Tony" <hoover_at_sal.ksu.edu>

        -Joel
Received on Mon Dec 20 1999 - 17:37:20 NZDT

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