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Date:      Sun, 4 Jun 1995 11:06:34 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com>
To:        bob@luke.pmr.com (Bob Willcox)
Cc:        wilcox@math.psu.edu, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: NCR53c710 VLB SCSI Driver.
Message-ID:  <199506041506.LAA08319@hda.com>
In-Reply-To: <199506041423.JAA04348@luke.pmr.com> from "Bob Willcox" at Jun 4, 95 09:23:54 am

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Bob Willcox writes:

> Wide vs. narrow, similar to the differences between the 810 and
> the 820/825.

The manual is sketchy, but it does appear that the indirect block moves
are handled differently between the 700/710 and the 720 (see 10-2 of
the 720 programmer's guide).

> I ported the AIX 720 driver to run on the 810 equiped
> PowerPC systems a couple of years ago.  Biggest difference was in
> the configuration.  I have data books for the 720, 810, & 825 in
> case I could help with any specific questions.

I have all of those also.  Nothing 710 specific, though.

> BTW: I have a vested interest in the NCR driver.  My two primary
> systems here are using them since recently upgrading them to
> Pentiums.  (Also, since I just retired from IBM 4 days ago, I no
> longer have a conflict of interest. :-)

Good - You'll be on the list to help Terry in the future Power PC port.

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Peter Dufault               Real Time Machine Control and Simulation
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