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Re: Adaptec SCSI controllers query

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From: Timothy Hu
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 18:21
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> That would seem kind of dumb, unless the A has been replaced by the B. I
> was under the impression the the B stood for Bus Master.

That's what I thought, too. Talking with two different gentlemen at
Adaptec Tech Support, I found that the B version uses different hardware
technology than the A version. It makes for a smaller card. It makes
the card cheaper to produce.
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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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Subject: Re: Adaptec SCSI controllers query
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