16 Dec
2005
16 Dec
'05
6:23 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
Don't overlook things like PC sound cards--some
had SCSI adapters built on
The problem with this is that the 5150 has 8-bit slots and most of the sound
cards with SCSI chips on them (Pro Audio Spectrum, etc.) are 16-bit ISA cards.
The most advanced sound cards I've been able to put into my 5150 have been
the Sound Blaster Pro 2 (has unknown IDE port on it, works with the CDROM it
came with but nothing else) and the Roland SCC-1 (which is an SC-55 on-a-card
and has no additional functionality).
for CD drives. Old Bernoilli and scanner adapters are
anohter sounce,
assuming that you can find drivers for all of these--you need only get as
far as ASPI support if you don't want to boot the drives. There are
ASPI-interfaced general purpose drivers and utilities to go the rest of the
way.
I own a CorelSCSI 8-bit board but without software I can't use it (based on the
videotape that came with it, it appears to have been designed for hooking up
CDROMs and tape drives anyway)
A clue to finding drivers is to locate the SCSI LSI
chip. The Trantor
T130, for example, has an NCR 53C400.
And where would I find these fabled drivers? :-)
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