Re: Windows & SCSI

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From: Darryl Okahata
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 01:23

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Mark Ashley (marka@SSD.CSD.HARRIS.COM) wrote:

> I was surprised by a recent posting about difficulties with
> an Adaptec SCSI card and Windows. I assumed Adaptec was
> a kinda-sorta standard.
>
> For those with SCSI cards and running Windows flawlessly:
> can you describe your system.

     The Adaptec SCSI cards are as standard as SCSI gets on a PC.
You'll probably find more support for Adaptec cards than for any other
card.

     The problem is that the Adaptec card is a bus-mastering controller,
which can cause all sorts of problems with Windows, etc..

     -- Darryl Okahata
	Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com

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