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From: Vance Dereksen <vance_at_ikickass.org>
Date: Wed May 2 11:31:49 2001

I have a VX1 on one of my PCs. It's starting to get a bit long in the
tooth. There are faster cheaper PCI cards out there.

Peace... Sridhar

On Tue, 1 May 2001, Eric Dittman wrote:

> > > I did not have to do anything special with my KZPSA cards (except
> > > switch one to ID 6 so I could SCSI cluster the systems).
> >
> > Odd. Do you happen to know what version of the firmware you're running? Is
> > it the lastest, or an old version. It looks like my problem is the version
> > of PWS firmware I've got.
>
> I loaded the latest version of the firmware available from
> the website. I updated the systems when I bought them.
>
> > > The Intraserver card has a bug with systems with a Pyxis chipset
> > > that requires a special patched driver. So my long-term plan is to
> > > buy a DS10 and use the Intraserver card there.
> >
> > Ah. :^( Well, I'm glad to find that out before going out and spending $300
> > for the card.
>
> Well, the patched driver does work, but every time a SCSI patch is
> released there's a new version of PKW$DRIVER, and the fixes in the
> Intraserver patched version aren't in there, so you'd have to get
> an updated patched version each time (if available). I decided I
> didn't want this headache.
>
> > Sounds about like me, though I've currently still got the Elsa Gloria in the
> > machine, but am using my Mac as the display. I've tried a ZLXp-L1 and it
> > refuses to boot as it has an unknown device in it.
>
> That sounds like an out-of-date firmware issue on the PWS, or
> you need to move the card to a different slot.
>
> > That sucks about the Oxygen card, I'd been considering that one. Any idea
> > how well the Oxygen card would work in a DS10? Be nice if DS10's would
> > start hitting the used market :^)
>
> The VX1 is supposed to work quite well on a DS10. I'm waiting for
> the DS10 boxes to drop. Right now the cheapest I've found is about
> $3400, but that's with memory, drives, etc. loaded. Noone seems to
> sell a stripped DS10.
>
> > > Are you willing to sell the old /73 board? I'd rather have a slow /73
> > > than none at all.
> >
> > I'm afriad you missed my point. That and some other stuff were part of a
> > deal that got me the Quad-Hieght /73 CPU.
>
> Yes, I did miss that point.
> --
> Eric Dittman
> dittman_at_dittman.net
>
Received on Wed May 02 2001 - 11:31:49 BST