Re: Good deal on Adaptec 4000A's

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From: Steve Yelvington
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 1989 23:45

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jlong@afit-ab.arpa (Jeffrey K. Long) writes:
>I just ordered one of those $60.00 Adaptec 4000A controllers from
>Timeline Co.  The salesman said that it was a special run of the
>controllers that Adaptec made for an OEM.  He said that they are printed
>A4010A on the chips but that they are really brand new 4000A's.
>  Has anyone bought one of these, and is it really a 4000A?
I bought the Adaptec controller from Timeline a couple of months ago. I use it
with the Supra host adaptor and an (aging) CDC Wren I. The Wren's seek rate is
pretty dismal, but as a whole the package works fine.
I suppose it's a real 4000A. That's how I set the Supra software.

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