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Re: Support for Compaq Smart-2 Array Controller
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hart)
Wed Oct 30 07:49:26 1996
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 23:47:22 +1100 (EST)
From: Robert Hart <hartr@interweft.com.au>
Reply-To: Robert Hart <iweft@ipax.com.au>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <199610301231.NAA03127@minnie.xos.nl>
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On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Jos Vos wrote:
> The situation of our customer: they want to be able to tell their
> offices all over the world "buy brand X model Y and put our tape in it"
> (and it should work fine by default). They thought this would work for
> Compaq and until now (...) they didn't have any compatibility problems.
I always used to specify Compaqs - but we started having hte same trouble
(and we had it with HP too).
> So, any local PC clones (like we always buy our own components and build
> our own systems) are not acceptable in that situation.
>
> Does anyone have suggestions for world-wide available PC's (brands, models)
> that could be used in these kind of situations?
We ended up standardising on components and building systems - ASUS m/b,
Buslogic SCSI and 3C590 ethernet. These are all solid, 'standard' parts
that are well known and understood.
Robert Hart iweft@ipax.com.au
Voice: +61 (0)3 9735 3586
InterWeft, 35 Summit Road, Lilydale, Victoria 3140, Australia
IT, data and voice networking Consultancy
Strategic IT business planning
Internet planning, implementation, security and configuration
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