Re: old scsi adapters and the benefits of open source [was: Anthony's issues [Slightly OT]]

2005-03-22 Thread Peter Risdon
On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 18:58 -0600, David Kelly wrote: > On Mar 22, 2005, at 10:11 AM, Peter Risdon wrote: > > > By contrast, I maintain a networked Windows machine that controls > > plasma > > cutting systems for a manufacturing business. It uses a serial port > > connection to send cutting patte

Re: old scsi adapters and the benefits of open source [was: Anthony's issues [Slightly OT]]

2005-03-22 Thread David Kelly
On Mar 22, 2005, at 10:11 AM, Peter Risdon wrote: By contrast, I maintain a networked Windows machine that controls plasma cutting systems for a manufacturing business. It uses a serial port connection to send cutting patterns to the plasma controller. The serial port communications software was

old scsi adapters and the benefits of open source [was: Anthony's issues [Slightly OT]]

2005-03-22 Thread Peter Risdon
On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 08:55 -0600, Duo wrote: > > Honestly, the whole disk thing reminds me of an experience with FreeBSD > and an old gateway solo laptop. [...] I acquired an old Initio SCSI card (9100) around the time of FreeBSD 4.5. A driver was available from the manufacturer's website for