Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!gatech!emcard!sdba!stan From: stan@sdba.UUCP (Stan Brown) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Sun 386i (Road Runner) AT-bus - advice wanted Message-ID: <262@sdba.UUCP> Date: 31 May 88 13:18:17 GMT References: <13155@santra.UUCP> Organization: S. D. Brown & Assoc. Atlanta, Ga Lines: 28 Posted: Tue May 31 09:18:17 1988 > I have heard the following (unconfirmed) about the RR AT-bus: > > 1. You cannot access it from the Sun OS. > Don't Know. > 2. Sun will not supply drivers for any add-on boards. > Sun apears (acording to conversations with local office) to have taken the postion that it is not in the PC bussiness & therefore *ALL* suport for AT bis cards (except the egae/vga emulator board (which *will be a SUN product)) must be by third party baord OEM's . For what it's worht our needs for this machine had a requirment for a fair number of serail ports & the local SUN office was able to put us in touch with an approraite OEM on very short nottice. > Is 1. true or simply a missinterpretation of 2.? > Has anyone acctually used a PC-bus add-on board (such as an intelligent > I/O board, e.g. IBM RIC) with the RR? > Any problems (SW or HW)? stan -- Stan Brown S. D. Brown & Associates 404-292-9497 (uunet gatech)!sdba!stan "vi forever"