12 Oct
2001
12 Oct
'01
7:22 a.m.
Carlos Murillo skrev:
At 02:12 PM 10/12/01 +0100, you wrote:
>I see that BIOS setup utility on the cards as a sympthom of the low level of
>integration. The cards behave as an alien entity in the computer.
Which is exactly the point :-) . SCSI cards, unlike
IDE subsystems,
are supposed to work by themselves and ease the burden
on the processor. This is considered a "good thing".
Something which doesn't necessarily have to shine through in the user/OS
interface. In this case, it's not due to the inner workings of SCSI, but
rather the PC philosophy.
Like many others, I've not had problems with the
Adaptec 2940 series.
We sold ours. It worked, but was wasted on our SCSI setup after our last SCSI
drive died.
I also like a CMD card that I have somewhere; it has a
72 pin SIMM
slot to increase the cache; at one point I had a 64MB SIMM there and
it helped the web server a lot.
IBM had two 30-pin slots on their MCA SCSI cards.
I like my Fastlane Z3 card. It's about the fastest Zorro3 SCSI card one might
get, and it's got sixteen 30-pin SIMM slots for system memory expansion as
well. =)
Do note that I tend to use HP, Sun, DEC or IBM scsi
cables.
Mac cables have given me trouble before.
I've not had much problem with cables. If a cable doesn't work, it's quite
obvious, and I replace it.
My DECstation runs with an HP cable now, and it works fine. A good testament
to the marriage between the two companies. =)
--
En ligne avec Thor 2.6a.
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build
bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce
bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning.
-- Rick Cook, Mission Manager, NASA Mars Pathfinder Project