10 Feb
2004
10 Feb
'04
9:27 p.m.
Is there a BIOS utility on the Adaptec AHA-2920A SCSI card? If so, how
does one enter it?
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10 Feb
10 Feb
7:15 p.m.
On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 22:27, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
Is there a BIOS utility on the Adaptec AHA-2920A SCSI
card? If so, how
does one enter it?
I'm not sure if it does, the manual I just downlaoded from Adaptec
didn't really say.
How to get into it, if it has one, is when you see the card's POST
messages, hit ctrl-a. That should get you in, as long as you are on a PC
style box. I don't know if this will work on an Alpha or anything else.
I do know this won't work on a Mac.
Good luck!
TTFN
Andrew
10:39 p.m.
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Andrew Prince wrote:
On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 22:27, Vintage Computer Festival
wrote:
Me too. As you found, it wasn't very helpful in this regard.
Is there a BIOS utility on the Adaptec AHA-2920A
SCSI card? If so, how
does one enter it?
I'm not sure if it does, the manual I just downlaoded from Adaptec
didn't really say. How to get into it, if it has one, is when you see the
card's POST
messages, hit ctrl-a. That should get you in, as long as you are on a PC
style box. I don't know if this will work on an Alpha or anything else.
I do know this won't work on a Mac.
I already tried that and it didn't work. I'm thinking it just does not
have a BIOS like other Adaptec cards do, but I wanted to be sure.
Thanks!
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11:50 p.m.
On Feb 10, 2004, at 10:39 PM, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Andrew Prince wrote:
I'm not sure about the AHA2920, but the 2930 had a configuration
program on floppy. You might look for a configuration program on
Adaptec's FTP archive.
BTW, I am sure neither card is bootable.
Doc
On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 22:27, Vintage Computer
Festival wrote:
Me too. As you found, it wasn't very helpful in this regard. Is there a BIOS utility on the Adaptec AHA-2920A
SCSI card? If so,
how
does one enter it?
I'm not sure if it does, the manual I just downlaoded from Adaptec
didn't really say. 
11 Feb
11 Feb
8:15 a.m.
post a pic of your card... I haven't looked at a 2920A recently...
At 08:39 PM 2/10/2004, you wrote:
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Andrew Prince wrote:
On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 22:27, Vintage Computer
Festival wrote:
Me too. As you found, it wasn't very helpful in this regard.
Is there a BIOS utility on the Adaptec AHA-2920A
SCSI card? If so, how
does one enter it?
I'm not sure if it does, the manual I just downlaoded from Adaptec
didn't really say. How to get into it, if it has one, is when you
see the card's POST
messages, hit ctrl-a. That should get you in, as long as you are on a PC
style box. I don't know if this will work on an Alpha or anything else.
I do know this won't work on a Mac.
I already tried that and it didn't work. I'm thinking it just does not
have a BIOS like other Adaptec cards do, but I wanted to be sure.
Thanks!
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6:23 a.m.
The 2940 has a BIOS and you use a Control A to enter it.
Joe
At 07:27 PM 2/10/04 -0800, you wrote:
Is there a BIOS utility on the Adaptec AHA-2920A SCSI card? If so, how
does one enter it?
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