Future Domain SCSI controller for AT bus

[Chip Salzenberg]

Well, this machine (ateng) is a '286 machine with a Future Domain TMC-870
combination SCSI and floppy controller.  A summary of my experience is:

    1.  Installation is a pain and a half.
    2.  It works.
    3.  It's slow.

Installation is trouble since A WORKING XENIX SYSTEM IS REQUIRED.  That's
right, folks, you need to have Xenix working on another system to create
a kernel with the Future Domain drivers.

It does work; it has been working here, trouble-free, for months.

It's *slow*.  I don't know why; perhaps the driver writers didn't know about
the sleep() call.  It seems -- not that I know for sure -- that the driver
actually has *wait loops* in it.  Gag.

>    Is this board related in anyway to the Tandy SCSI board ?
>	(I though the Tandy board was micro channel only)

No.  The Tandy (actually Adaptec) SCSI board is a *fast* alternative for
the AT bus.  But you need Xenix 2.3 to use it.
-- 
Chip Salzenberg             <chip at ateng.com> or <uunet!ateng!chip>
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