11 Mar
2001
11 Mar
'01
3:45 a.m.
My main problem is with the 2940AU, though the support, or lack thereof, is not
a design problem, but rather an ADAPTEC administrative policy. Their policy is
that once they've got your money, you don't matte any more.
Another comment is below.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Hellige" <jhellige(a)earthlink.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: SCSI connectivity
2 gig's??? The two '0662's I have right here are both 1 GB. Are there
different
models? I've used 'em together with larger drives but they've always claimed
to
be 1 GB drives, which is what they claimed when they were new. They are about
the best 3-1/2" SCSI drives I've used, in that there's never a problem and
they
always behave just as expected.
If you think an Adaptec ROM update will help with that, i.e. making them 2 GB, I
think you'll be disappointed.
My first PC
SCSI drives were interfaced via a 1522, and, though it uses
programmed I/O, it was always at least fast enough for Windows or Linux use.
People went on endlessly about how much better the DMA-based boards
were, but, I
couldn't prove it. In fact, it was over a year after I got my first
3940AU (the
Yes, I liked the 1522A that I had. Never had any problems
out of it once I upgraded the ROM so that I could use the whole 2gig
of the IBM 0662 hard disk I was trying to plug up to it. I didn't
care much for thier prep/format software under Windows though.
In general, I'd say that if you can find an
alternative to ADAPTEC, at least
with their PCI products, I'd use the alternative.
I've never had any problems with the 2930U with CD-R's,
scanners and hard disks. I've not used the 2940U2B enough to make a
judgement yet. I'll likely be running both in the same machine soon
though so that I don't have to try and mix the LVD and SCSI-2 stuff
on the same bus. The 2930U would be just for legacy stuff I don't
feel like upgrading anyway, such as my scanner.
Jeff
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