---------- > From: David Youatt <dyouatt@aw.sgi.com> > To: Kevin Smith <kevin@ascend.com> > Cc: Ascend User-Group <ascend-users@bungi.com> > Subject: Re: (ASCEND) Experience with NetWarp128 and NetWarpPro? > Date: Friday, June 20, 1997 11:24 AM > > > From: Kevin Smith Thursday, June 19, 1997 6:31 PM > > > > At 09:07 PM 6/18/97 -0700, David Youatt wrote: > > > >Apparently so. We have a few of the NW cards and have "invested" way > > >too much time trying to make them work. Here are the known problems > > >(i.e. - problems known to Ascend) that we have encountered: > > > > - card/driver conflicts with SoundBlaster cards or SoundBlaster > > >chips on motherboards, there is apparently a fixed W95 and NT driver > > >on Ascend's web site, but you have to wonder about someone who > > >knowingly (I assume) releases an ISA card with known (presumably?) > > >conflicts with what might be the most common "option" in a PC. > > > That just does not make any sense. It would _not_ have been > > released if this was a known problem - if by some stretch it was > > released, then we would have included a "known problems" sheet > > with the product. > > > Drivers to fix this problem were posted on the FTP site on May 8. > > Kevin, help me out here. In the sentence above, you acknowledge > the problem by saying that drivers to fix this problem were posted > to your ftp site (which is true because we found them there), but > in the previous paragraph, you say the product would not have released > with this known problem. None of the cards we bought had "known > problems" sheet. If you want them, we have the diskettes that came > in the shrink-wrapped packages that contain the drivers with the bug. > > > >Our experience is the same as Dick Bailey's. Ascend have offered > > >to buy back the cards which is commendable. Had we know ahead of time, > > >we probably would have bought Pipelines (and enet cards for systems > > >w/o them), but I may have a harder time pushing through a PO for more > > >Ascend equipment. > > > PLEASE note that despite these issues, which may be very significant, > > there *are* customers using the NW/NWPro without any of them. Tech > support > > are working on identifying why there is a difference, and will have > systems > > being setup to replicate as many PC configurations as possible. > > Ok. You get the benefit of the doubt. The reason I posted was to > find someone who had the card/driver working reliably. Please have > someone who has them working contact me. I'd like to know their > system configs and what they did to get them working. > > ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ > To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com > To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.shore.net/~dreaming/ascend-faq">http://www.shore.net/~dreaming/ascend-faq</A>> > or <<A HREF="ftp://ftp.shore.net/members/dreaming/ascend-faq.txt">ftp://ftp.shore.net/members/dreaming/ascend-faq.txt</A>> ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.shore.net/~dreaming/ascend-faq">http://www.shore.net/~dreaming/ascend-faq</A>> or <<A HREF="ftp://ftp.shore.net/members/dreaming/ascend-faq.txt">ftp://ftp.shore.net/members/dreaming/ascend-faq.txt</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01262.html">(ASCEND) P25 failures</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01259.html">(ASCEND) eiom.m40 lost?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01266.html">Re: (ASCEND) Experience with NetWarp128 and NetWarpPro?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01185.html">(ASCEND) Faxing email on MAX4000</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="maillist.html#01260"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd46.html#01260"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>