Linux-Hardware Digest #12, Volume #9 Tue, 22 Dec 98 22:13:28 EST
Contents:
lp0 (Marie-Eve Harbec)
Re: TNT vs Banshee (Dan Nguyen)
Re: Turtle Beach Montego AGP sound card (Dan Nguyen)
Re: Linux questions (Shane Bearham)
Re: build system (Mike Werner)
Re: What NIC offers the best success? (Shane Bearham)
Re: Dell loves Linux! (Wile E. Coyote)
HP722C driver ("asr")
Re: VT320 and Linux ("Steven Freegard")
SoundBlaster 16 SCSI II (Notmyname)
Re: Dell loves Linux! (Bill Anderson)
Re: Upgrading RedHat 5.2 to XFree86 3.3.3 for RIVA TNT (Bill Anderson)
Re: d-link pcmcia ethernet adapter??? (Manuel Munier)
Updated tpconfig (for Synaptics touchpad) (Bruce Kall)
Problem: drivers for a Diamond video card ("Def Tiger")
Re: NVidia TNT performance (GURU meditation)
OPL-4 Midi on Dell Dimension (Ben Bridgwater)
Booting from an ATAPI ZIP drive (Tim Moloney)
Re: [Q] Diamond Viper 550 (Peter Calder)
V1000 in XFree86 3.3.3 (and something about Netscape) (Vincent Harvey)
Satellite Receiver Cards (Albert Heller)
Re: what is fiber channel? (x)
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From: Marie-Eve Harbec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: lp0
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 00:54:29 -0500
I can print directly to the lp0 but not trought the spool;I have this
kind of message : lprmyname@host: host not found
why doees the local host adresse have to be properly set ?,my internet
connection work fine
i use caldera and playing with the redhat util printool... didn't help
any suggestion?
P.S :the print howto doesn't talk about that
please reply by e-mail too
David
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From: Dan Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TNT vs Banshee
Date: 21 Dec 1998 18:44:36 GMT
Jani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: As everyone I too have a big problem choosing which card I should use.
: I have tested both Riva TNT and Banshee on Win98 and couldn't see
: much of a difference in my use... but which is better on Linux? I use
: at the moment TNT with XFree86 3.3.3, but is it possible to get
: Banshee running with SVGA or any other than VGA16 server?
Currently the best choice is your Riva TNT. The Banshee doesn't have
a native driver. There are ways of getting your Banshee to work, but
they involve recompiling a development kernel (2.1.131) And using a
"frame buffer".
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From: Dan Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Turtle Beach Montego AGP sound card
Date: 21 Dec 1998 19:00:51 GMT
Alan Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I can't get my sound card setup in Linux or under X. I've tried the
: "sndconfig" route, as the card is Sound Blaster Pro compatible, but it won't
: pick it up at all. Is there some other easier way of setting the card up?
: Also, is there something under X I can run to set it up? I can't even play
: CDs right now (the player plays it, but no sound).
First understand that Linux and X are pretty much the same thing. X
is just a frosty coating on top of Linux. Second The Turtle Beach
Montego is not an AGP( Advanced Graphics Port) card. It's a PCI
card. Turtle Beach does advertise their sound card as sound blaster
compatible, but that is only with specific dos drivers. You
currently have to wait until a sound driver is available. It is
currently in development, and is going to be out soon (isn't that what
they said in November?) It may actually take a while, there haaving
problems with the card.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] | life, to love and be loved.
http://www.cse.msu.edu/~nguyend7 | -George Sand
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From: Shane Bearham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux questions
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 09:24:22 +1100
Stefan Ullrich wrote:
> P. de Bruine wrote:
>
> > Hi, i'm thinking about buying Linux but i have some questions about my
> > Hardware. I got a
> > - Goldstar R580B cd-rom drive
> > - Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 Pro video card
> > - Diamond Monster 3D 3D accelerator
> > - Soundblaster AWE 32 Sound card
> > - LG Electronics 77T5 Monitor
> > - 2 IBM Harddisks 1.2 and 2.1 Gb
> > - Teles BRI 16.3 ISDN adapter
> > - Realtek or compatibel Lan adapter
> > - Microsoft mouse
> >
> > I got a Intel Pentium 233 MMX Processor with 32 Mb's.
> > Will i be able to run Linux and will my hardware be compatible with Linux??
> > Which is and which isn't??
> >
> > Greetz
> > Peter de Bruine
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> A Pentium 233 MMX @ 32 MB works fine with Linux. The above mentioned
> hardware should work with Linux, although I can't exactly tell whether you
> Teles and Realtek card will work. Maybe someone else here knows.
>
> Stef
In Regards the the Realtek Lan Cards ... Yes they work ...
Both the PCI and ISA versions...
as I have 8 of these beasties (4 + 4) in one machine :)))
as far as the teles ISDN card I'm fairly sure that does work
just just to be safe look at ISDN 4 Linux at:-
http://www.muc.de/~hm/linux/linux-isdn.html
there is a wealth of info
Shane
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From: Mike Werner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: build system
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 00:53:04 -0500
It's certainly possible. Linux supports lots of different hardware - as
I understand it Linux supports *more* different hardware than most any
other OS out there. For this project, I would recommend that you take a
look at
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO
In that document you will find listed hardware that is known to work
with Linux, along with pointers to other sites with further
information. Also listed is hardware that is known to *not* work with
Linux, such as the infamous Winmodems. This howto may not be 100% up to
date, but it will at least get you pointed in the right direction.
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From: Shane Bearham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What NIC offers the best success?
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 10:31:25 +1100
"Robert H. Thompson" wrote:
> YALNQ - yet another linux newbie question
>
> I recently installed RH5.2 in server mode on a home brew system.
> I also have a Win95 machine (hey - my wife and daughter use it
> as the family pc). I would like to network the Win95 and Linux
> machine together. I would appreciate any info anyone has out there
> to share as to what NIC works best in this situation and offers
> the path of least resistance.
Well I would have to say that a GOOD ne2000 clone would be the
simplest...
The Realtek Series ne2000 clones(PCI & ISA) are great
But my personal favorite is the SMC/WD8013xx series card....(ISA)
though I like the SMC8216....it flies...but costs more
I have yet to find a 8013 that has EVER caused any problems
any besides that they're cheap too now especially at swap meets
I have picked up handfuls of 8013s for as little as $0.50 each !!!!!!!
the SMC8216 sometimes as low as $10
and the Realtek cards are around $30-$35 ( as they are new).
In your case a couple of coax versions of the 8013 card will do the
trick..
That is all I use and I have 8 machines here at home all running Linux
BUT
having said that any larger/commercial network and I would look at UTP
instead
Go for it
Shane
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Subject: Re: Dell loves Linux!
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wile E. Coyote)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,linux.redhat.install
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 01:08:37 -0600
Sean, wie geht's Ihnen. Es ist gut, dass nicht nur die Amerikaner das linux
news-groups lesen. Entshuldigen Sie mir bitte, fuer mien schlechtes Deutsch.
If you want Dell to load Linux, you need to tell them. Not squeal about it on
the newsgroups. Send mail directly to Dell, to your sales rep, to whomever you
can find.
The problem is that Dell does not see the market opportunity that exists. If
we prove it to them by sending snail mail, email, etc. we may be able to get
the point across.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
>
>Scott Palmer wrote:
>>
>> What opportunity is Dell "missing out" on?
>>
>I believe it was Micheal Dell who said that "Windows is an operating
>system not a religion"
>My piont being like any other OEM Microsoft has you by the short and
>curleys,
>this is not a good position to be in.
>
>on the other pionts,
>
>Yes I would be willing to pay for Linux support.
>
>I have a dell optiplex rinning Suse 5.2 and win95(games) and its a
>dream.
>Dell have a reputation for building solid well priced machines, hence I
>bought one.
>
>Dell tech support are competant, friendly and knowledgable.
>
>I would like to be able to buy a machine with just linux on it,
> prefrabley from Dell based on past experience.
>
>In Europe use Suse it has a more European bias probably because its
>German.
>
>the main problem dell is going to run into id driver suport for Linux.
>But Dell
>is a big company with plenty of bargaining power to deal with h/w
>manufacturers.
>
>Sean.
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From: "asr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP722C driver
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 19:24:52 -0800
Looking for a driver for the HP722C printer ..... anyone know where i can
get one or another HP driver that may work with this printer
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From: "Steven Freegard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VT320 and Linux
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 21:23:49 +0000
I also had an old VT320, but I upgraded to a VT420 - they both work
excellently under linux. To get them working I got a 'null' modem cable
(25 pin to 9 pin) and added the following to /etc/inittab
T1:12345:respawn:/sbin/getty ttyS0 DT38400 vt420
then do a 'telinit q' to get linux to re-read the inittab file, and hey
presto!
If you have problems, things you need to check are:
On the F3 setup screen is the terminal using the correct baud rate (38400
in my case) and is it configured to use RS-232 leads or DEC's propriatory
cabling.
Hope this helps, if you need further assistance, feel free to mail me.
Merry Christmas
Steven Freegard
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I have an old VT320 and I would like to set it up with Linux. I have
the
> > terminal on COM2 <ttyS1>. I would like some detailed help on
installing
> > the terminal with Linux. I am using RedHat 5.2. Thanks!!
>
> Get a serial cable -- but *not* a modem cable. The terminal cables
> are different.
>
> There is also a serial HOWTO that might help a bit in setting things
> up.
>
> Take a look at /etc/inittab -- usually it contains a line to
> serve ttyS0 or ttyS1 with a login prompt.
>
> After uncommenting it you can enable the login prompt by
> doing
> telinit `runlevel`
>
> You have to set baud-rate, stop-bits, parity, etc., to the same
> values on both sides.
>
> --Stefan
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Notmyname)
Subject: SoundBlaster 16 SCSI II
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 07:28:06 GMT
Does anyone know how to install the driver for the SoundBlaster 16
SCSI II in Redhat 5.2?
Thanks in advance
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From: Bill Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Dell loves Linux!
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 16:47:26 -0700
Joe Brockmeier wrote:
>
> According to something I read online, Dell, Compac and Gateway will all be doing
> Linux next year! Woohoo!
>
> "Timothy P. Kelley" wrote:
>
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > I'm a recent convert. I just got a little Dell Computer brochure in the mail
> > > called the Dell Home Systems Catalog (more like pamphlet with lots of
> > > pictures). I know I've read that Dell is secretly switching Mr. Gates's OS
> > > with Linux (remember the Folders Crystal's commercials?? - I know the people
> > > following the "When I was 13 thread will!). Well anyway.. I couldn't help but
> > > to notice that some of the Dell screenshots have pengiuns standing around..
> > > Is this asubliminal message to us Linux users as well as people at M$ about
> > > their impending support for Linux OS's as default (or available) OS over M$
> > > Windozzzze??
> >
> > Maybe someone at Dell likes Linux and snuck it in ... I can't believe
> > Michael Dell has any plans to sell Linux to mainstream consumers.
Currently, you *can* purchase a Linux box from dell :-) , but it will
cost extra :-(
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From: Bill Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Upgrading RedHat 5.2 to XFree86 3.3.3 for RIVA TNT
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 16:57:36 -0700
"Bobby D. Bryant" wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Hi all!
> >
> > Miracle of miracles, I am actually writing to you from an X Window ...
> > I finally found the explicit instructions from one of the other users
> > on my ISP how to get a PPP connection working ...
> >
> > Of course now I don't know how to log off.
> >
> > Anyway ... I have one major problem ...
> >
> > The only X server I could get to work was the VGA16.
> >
> > I have a Diamond Viper 550 which has the nVidia RIVA TNT chipset.
> >
> > I understand the XFree86 3.3.3 has support for this chip ...
> >
> > How do I upgrade to XFree86 3.3.3 and which server do I use?
>
> I haven't tried it yet (just now researching for a card purchase), but
> http://www.xfree86.org/cardlist.html says you should use the XF86_SVGA
> server.
>
> If all else fails, use a Web search engine to find the kit.
>
> Bobby Bryant
> Austin, Texas
This Procedure has worked well for me:
o install OS (RH5.2 for me)
o get the XSVGA.tgz from xfree86.org
o untar in /usr/X11R6/
o run Xconfigurator
o select generic card
o select SVGA server
YMMV
Bill
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From: Manuel Munier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: d-link pcmcia ethernet adapter???
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 09:40:44 +0100
The D-Link DE660 PCMCIA adapter should work with
Linux. I will test it when I get mine ;-)
Manu
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>
> Hello,
> has anybody experiences running a linux notebook with the
> D-link NIC PCMCIA 10/100 RJ45 ethernet adapter card.
>
> Or maybe experiences with the non pcmcia ethernet products from D-link.
> More specifically are there drivers available etc...
>
> Thanks,
> volker
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Kall)
Subject: Updated tpconfig (for Synaptics touchpad)
Date: 22 Dec 1998 13:48:09 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Everyone,
Jim Roberts from Princeton has allowed be to put
my updated version of tpconfig (configurator
for the Synaptics touchpad) at the Princeton
ftp site:
ftp.cs.princeton.edu:/pub/packages/synaptics-2.0.tar.gz
Enjoy and let me know if you have an problems so I
can keep it updated.
Bruce
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From: "Def Tiger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem: drivers for a Diamond video card
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 13:32:19 +1100
Problem: drivers for a Diamond video card
I am having trouble setting up my Diamand Stealth 2001 series video card.
There are no drivers for it for X Windows!
What alternatives do i have to set it up at 800x600?
What drivers will work?
Cheers
Def.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (GURU meditation)
Subject: Re: NVidia TNT performance
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 01:02:42 GMT
I got the glibc5 XF86SVGA server and it works fine. The X3323SVGA.tgz
does not work.
On 21 Dec 1998 18:45:59 GMT, Dan Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>GURU meditation <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>: Can you inlighten me on how you got your card running with X?
>: I could not find an entry for that card when I was trying to setup X.
>: I do have 3.3.3 I would greatly appreciate it.
>
>Try using the SVGA server.
>
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From: Ben Bridgwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: OPL-4 Midi on Dell Dimension
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 09:23:36 -0500
I have a Dell Dimension XPS H266 with an Yamaha OPL3 based sound system
on the motherboard, including the OPL4 (MPU-401 compatible) wavetable
midi upgrade. When I ran sndconfig, I had to select the OPL3 chipset,
and there was no mention of the OPL4. I'm running RedHat 5.2
If I play midi files with playmidi, they sound horrible (not they they
used to under winblows), and I think it must be using a software
synthesizer rather than the OPL4.
I've heard some mention of mpu_io and mpu_irq parameters for the sound
module, but havn't seen any documentation on this, and the only comment
I read was how this used to work on RedHat 5.1, but no longer does on
5.2
Is there any way to check if it is using the OPL4, or does anyone have
it supported on a Dell?
Ben Bridgwater
P.S. Please cc: any replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 09:24:52 -0500
From: Tim Moloney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Booting from an ATAPI ZIP drive
Has anyone successfully booted from an ATAPI ZIP drive? Just the ZIP
drive, no floppy involved.
I recently purchased a ZIP drive and upgraded my BIOS so that I can
boot from my ZIP drive. I believe that I have built a Linux-bootable
ZIP disk properly but it doesn't work.
I upgraded my BIOS without incident and configured it to try to boot
from my ZIP drive first, then try to boot from drive C. Here's what
happens...
- If I don't have a ZIP disk inserted, my computer successfully boots
from my hard disk.
- If I have a non-bootable ZIP disk inserted, my computer complains
that the disk is a non-system disk.
- If I have my Linux bootable ZIP disk inserted, my computer doesn't
complain about a non-system disk. It just hangs, no "LILO" or
anything.
Any suggestions on what I may have done wrong? Any pointers on where
to find some information? I've found many documents on using a ZIP
drive and how to boot from a floppy and PPA ZIP drive but nothing on
booting directly from an ATAPI ZIP drive. TIA. =)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Calder)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: [Q] Diamond Viper 550
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 02:34:22 GMT
Hi John
Go to the following URL:
http://www.rivazone.com/
Under the drivers section there is a replacement for the XF86_SVGA
server. Replace the existing file in (I think) /usr/X11/bin directory.
This replacement XF86_SVGA allows use of Riva 128, 128ZX and TNT
boards. I'm using it for my Viper V330 and it works fine, so I don't
envision any problems with your V550.
On Tue, 22 Dec 1998 16:35:55 GMT, Draco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
> You have probably seen a post like this 500 times. I am having
>trouble with the Diamond Viper 550 and X-Windows. I found the Riva 128
>driver for it, installed it, and I don't know what to do after that.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vincent Harvey)
Subject: V1000 in XFree86 3.3.3 (and something about Netscape)
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 02:41:27 GMT
I got the source to XFree86 3.3.3 and added some optimization's to it
(-mpentiumpro -march=mpentiumpro -malign-loops=2
-malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2).
Well, this works worse than the old configuration I has, which was useing the
SUSE binary XFCom server that had V1000 rendition support, and the binaries
that came with redhat (which I am sure weren't pentium optimized).
The old setup was slower than Win95 (the server isn't accelerated), but this
new one just sucks. Motif apps are especially slow, like Netscape and
Nedit.
The dga test fails, and I get errors relating to dga from apps like snes9x
(which is also slower).
The one good thing is that quake2 doesn't seem any slower.
Also, all of my netscape windows will close sometimes if I close just one of
them.
Any ideas what might be the problem?
Thanks
Vincent
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Mr. Ouija
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From: Albert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Satellite Receiver Cards
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 11:14:16 +0100
Hello my name is Albert Heller,
I searching for Satellite Receiver Card-Drivers. Especialy the "DVB
Receiver Card" manufactured by "Hughes Network Systems (HNS)" in
Germantown USA.
Had somebody heard about it?
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Albert Heller
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (x)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: what is fiber channel?
Date: 22 Dec 1998 21:08:02 -0600
Reply-To: x
Not true. Fibre Channel is a topology. Calling Fibre Channel "SCSI
using fibre cable" is like saying that 100-T is ipx. You can tcp/ip
over Fibre Channel for very high speed networking, as well as SCSI.
Fibre Channel adapters run about $750 up to over $15,000 (SGI HIO boards
are rather expensive). Hubs are not needed for point to point
connections, but if you want them, nice hubs start around $800, and run
to several thousand if you need non-OFC (as opposed to the cheeper 4
wire copper Fibre Channel). Real world speeds of over 90 Mega*Bytes*
per second are _not_ unusual on high speed hosts accessing nice SCSI
RAID boxes. There are also fibre JBODs (Just a Bunch Of Disks - a
enclosure w/out much logic), that just hold fibre drives, then you can
do software striping. Networking speeds of 60-80 MB/sec over tcp/ip
aren't bad (slower on slower systems though). Home users have no need
for it. Cables are expensive, adapters are expensive, and RAIDs, and
drives are expensive... - But yes, it's damn fast, and you can have
long cable runs (if you go to non-OFC - but then it costs even more).
It's great for places doing a lot of video work, etc though. You can
also connect with i/p between say - SGI using a Prisa card
(www.prisa.com) and a Sun running a card from JNI (www.jni.com) Jaycor.
- not everything talks together so nicely, but I know those two do. For
most people, if you need a lot of SCSI speed, but not quite FC speed -
I'd recommend LVD (Ultra 2) - or wait for Ultra 3. For networking, I'd
cope with 100-T for most things. - When you need FC, it's real nice to
have though.
FYI: My frame of reference is that I've done it. I've set-up fibre on
Macs, PCs running NT, Sun Enterprise and Ultra systems, SGI O2s, Onyx
2s, Challenges,Octanes using PCI card cages, and Origin 2000s (from 2
CPU desk-sides to 8 module 4 rack systems. (I'm an Applications Engineer
for a storage company - no it's not one of the host card manufacturers
listed above, and I'm not going to say where I work.. :) )
I don't always read this group, so if you want to be sure I see a
response/question, please e-mail me @ blahblahATwebcom.com
On Tue, 22 Dec 1998 17:39:49 -0800, Clint Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Its SCSI using fiber cable --- fast but expensive! Fiber channel
>cards run in the $1000-2000 range. Fiber hubs are several
>thousand dollars. No relation to fiber in networking ( ie 10BasedFX or
>FDDI).
>
>Stephen wrote:
>
>> hello:
>>
>> what is fiber channel?
>>
>> i've been told it's the next scsi, but does
>> it also extend to networking? as in the
>> next atm or gigabyte ethernet?
>>
>> thanks
>> stephen
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