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Date:      Thu, 1 May 1997 12:06:31 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        macgyver@db-net.com (Wilson MacGyver)
Cc:        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, Don@PartsNow.com, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 7860
Message-ID:  <199705010236.MAA02021@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <3367778B.D6E1EEC1@db-net.com> from Wilson MacGyver at "Apr 30, 97 12:47:07 pm"

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Wilson MacGyver stands accused of saying:
> Michael Smith wrote:
> > The 7860 on the newer 2940's can only track three.  There is support
> > (the SCBPAGING option) for shuffling among these three to handle more
> > simultaneous transactions, but obviously this requires more work on
> > the part of the driver.

> So does all adptect 2940 use the 7860 now? I was getting ready to
> buy a 5-6 of them, as well as several motherboards that has it
> built-in.

According to Rod Grimes, yes.  At least one motherboard (the Tekram
P5H30-WS) is still using the 7880, as of our last purchase a few weeks
back.

> -- Wilson MacGyver macgyver@db-net.com

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