Future Domain SCSI controller for AT bus

Fred Rump from home fr at icdi10.uucp
Wed Oct 12 23:34:11 AEST 1988


In article <1988Oct10.131128.3477 at ateng.ateng.com>, chip at ateng.ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
> Well, this machine (ateng) is a '286 machine with a Future Domain TMC-870

> No.  The Tandy (actually Adaptec) SCSI board is a *fast* alternative for
> the AT bus.  But you need Xenix 2.3 to use it.

It was my understanding that Xenix 2.4 (Tandy's own) was required to run SCSI.
Inquiries to SCO have indicated that SCSI is not supported by 2.3.

So if the 'ateng' system uses SCSI on a 286 - what gives? Does it really look
like a ST-506 to the software?  Is that why the slowness exists?
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