OT: Mylex problems

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Sun Feb 3 21:29:47 2002

On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Julius Sridhar wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Tothwolf wrote:
>
> > Kinda sad too. They used to make other SCSI boards that often outperformed
> > similar products from Adaptec. BusLogic/Mylex also made very nice
> > programming manuals which were freely available when Adaptec still wanted
> > an NDA and other paperwork signed to get sketchy documentation for their
> > products. Once Adaptec changed their programming documentation policy,
> > Mylex seemed to take a large drop in sales.
>
> Why? Mylex still makes *very* fast SCSI RAID controllers. They're
> just not i960-based anymore. They're StrongARM-based.

I was referring to the wide variety of non-RAID host adapters
BusLogic/Mylex used to make. I think they were the last company offering
EISA and VLB adapters, although they also discontinued their ISA product
line right after getting rid of those two.

-Toth
Received on Sun Feb 03 2002 - 21:29:47 GMT