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Article #19291Re: Adaptec SCSI controllers query
From: Timothy Hu
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 22:01
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 22:01
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Article 48115 (47 more) in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware: From: Angelo Haritsis Subject: Adaptec SCSI controllers query Date: 7 Jan 93 12:07:08 GMT Organization: Dept. of Computing, Imperial College, London Lines: 13 NNTP-Posting-Host: dolphin.doc.ic.ac.uk Angelo Haritsis writes: >Does anyone out there know the difference between an Adaptec 1542A and an 1542B >controller ? I was told that the only difference is that the A version is >a full-length card whereas the B version is a half-length card; functionally >they are exactly the same. >Can I connect SCSI devices other than disks (tapes, CD-Rom etc.) on such >controllers ? For disks: is it guaranteed that any SCSI disk will work >with a 1542 controller. Indeed, the only difference between the 1542A and the 1542B is the card length. Software-wise, the cards are identical. I verified this with the Adaptec people twice. -- Timothy Hu timhu@ico.isc.com | The intelligence (or lack of) expressed Interactive Systems Corporation | above does not necessarily reflect the Resource Solutions International | that of anyone else.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!rpi!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!ico!timhu From: timhu@ico.isc.com (Timothy Hu) Subject: Re: Adaptec SCSI controllers query Message-ID: <1993Jan7.220115.10684@ico.isc.com> Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Boulder CO References: <km3.726408428@dolphin.doc.ic.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 22:01:15 GMT Lines: 26