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In <1993Jan12.114843.26679@sei.cmu.edu> gjp@sei.cmu.edu (George Pandelios) writes:


>Folks,

>I'm considering an Adaptec 1522 SCSI controller and Western Digital (~213 MB)
>disk combination.  I'm interested in any comments or concerns from users of
>this controller.  It will be installed on a Myoda 386DX-33 (ISA motherboard).

>Some questions are:

>1.  How reliable is it?

 Oh, very reliable I'd say.  We beat on the thing here.  Have had it in
about 6 different machines, etc.

>2.  Can it handle a tape backup unit?  I don't know much about these critters.
>    QIC or DAT, any recommendations there that might affect the choice of 
>    controller?

 I would imagine that it should.  We use our 1522 with a removeable optical
disk system.  With the appropriate software it should support a tape drive.


 One caveat on the 1522 vs. the 1542.  The 1542 is better supported and
faster.  This is probably not a big problem for you unless you're planning
on running some form of Unix, or maybe OS/2, or other operating system
besides DOS.

 Otherwise, I think the 1522 works fairly well.  I've never tried it with a
harddisk, and our optical drives are not incredibly speedy to begin with.

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