1 Nov
1999
1 Nov
'99
3:45 a.m.
Heck, a sad day for storage overall! Adaptec has swallowed up yet another
customer-friendly SCSI adapter maker. See:
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-1425979.html?tag=st.ne.1002.thed.1003-2
00-1425979
While not directly related to classic computing, I know a lot of us use
more modern systems for numerous duties, and I know I can't be the only one
using DPT's 'legacy' products from the early 90's. Anyone care to wager
what Adaptec will do to DPT's well-stocked FTP site, or their support of
said legacy gear?
Adaptec, from what I can see, is getting dangerously close to turning into
the Micro$haft of the SCSI adapter world.
(Kai, if you're reading this... I'm sorry. I know you work for MS, and I
want you to know that I don't hold it against you in any way, but I think
everyone on the list knows how I feel about Billy-boy and his Evil Empire).
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1 Nov
1 Nov
5:45 a.m.
While not directly related to classic computing, I
know a lot of us use
more modern systems for numerous duties, and I know I can't be the only one
using DPT's 'legacy' products from the early 90's. Anyone care to wager
what Adaptec will do to DPT's well-stocked FTP site, or their support of
said legacy gear?
Go to the front of the ftp and select download site. Wait to find out what
will happen at your own peril.
BTW Adaptec is certainly interested in profit, but they otherwise seem a
far cry from MS, Adaptec stuff works.
4 p.m.
At 11:45 01-11-1999 -0800, Mike Ford wrote:
Go to the front of the ftp and select download site.
Wait to find out what
will happen at your own peril.
Already done. I archived everything I use for my own boards, and a few
other things besides.
BTW Adaptec is certainly interested in profit, but they
otherwise seem a
far cry from MS, Adaptec stuff works.
That's debatable. Their older stuff works great! (154x, 174x, 164x, etc.),
but I discovered the hard way that the 2940UW doesn't seem to work reliably
on a system with a 100MHz front-side bus. Others have had bad luck with
some of their RAID products in the AAA series.
I just installed an Initio card in my system. Worked flawlessly,
full-speed, no glitches, no headaches. Far cry from having to install a
separate ISA-based SCSI adapter for my CD-ROM because the 2940 didn't like
me using both internal connectors and the external at the same time.
Anyway, this is hardly classic stuff, so I'll let the subject drop.
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Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies
http://www.bluefeathertech.com // E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com
Amateur Radio: WD6EOS since Dec. '77
"Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our
own human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."
2 Nov
2 Nov
11:46 a.m.
Rumor has it that Bruce Lane may have mentioned these words:
some of their RAID products in the AAA series.
Yea, if no-one's willing (or able) to write Linux drivers for it, you know
it sucks... (Linux can't support the AAA-1130 RaidPort card... :-( )
I just installed an Initio card in my system. Worked
flawlessly,
full-speed, no glitches, no headaches. Far cry from having to install a
separate ISA-based SCSI adapter for my CD-ROM because the 2940 didn't like
me using both internal connectors and the external at the same time.
Erm... did you install a dual-channel SCSI card? I can tell you that the
Tekram & Diamond Fireport 40 cards (NCR mumble800 chipset) don't like that,
either... Despite the fact it's got 3 plugs, it's only 1 bus, and it
doesn't like the bus split into a Y...
I took a different route; cheaper than the secondary card idea, maybe more
expensive than what you did (dunno what your card cost)... For $17USD (or
so) from Buycomp.com I purchased a Belkin HD 68-pin <-> 50-pin SCSI
adapter, so I could plug in my Plextor SCSI3-Narrow 40x cdrom into my
SCSI3-Wide cable... works great, especially if you're hooking up legacy
hardware to a newer card (like my 10-year-old MaxOptix Tahiti-1 gig MO
Drive (It's in our webserver)... Just to keep this on track ;-)
HTH,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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