SCSI and AT bus support?

[John C. Archambeau]

davidsen at crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) writes:
>
>  A group here has an interesting problem. They have some hardware which
>requires a SCSI interface. They have to control it with a 386 box
>running an AT type controller. Because the AT type controller is built
>into the system replacing it is not an option.
>
>  We are looking for a good solution to the problem. The one we would
>like is to get a SCSI driver which runs with standard Xenix. The
>alternative is either adding an AT driver to the GT version, or ignoring
>the AT controller and supplied ESDI drive to use a SCSI drive off the
>controller we have to include anyway.
>
>  Obviously scrapping something we have to buy is not a really good cost
>move, so we want to keep the ESDI drive and just run our magic
>peripherals off the SCSI controller.
>
>  I would like to hear from anyone who has done this, or anything like
>it. We can not qualify other hardware for the system and still meet
>delivery schedules, and I can't give much more in the way of details
>about just WHAT we are going to do with this setup. It's not military,
>just proprietary for now.

If you're talking about the embedded AT hard drive controller such as the one
that's in the ALR PowerFlex, yes, SCO Xenix should work with it.  All of ALR's
machines are certified by SCO to work with their Unix and Xenix products, so
in a nutshell the embedded AT controller is supported.
 
     // JCA

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