10 Mar
2001
10 Mar
'01
11:23 a.m.
From: Chad Fernandez <fernande(a)internet1.net>
EISA won't go into an ISA system, either.
Yes, but most ISA-8 or and ISA-16 cards do fit EISA and VESA
bus machines as they generally provide ISA. I know that as I have a
boat load of antiques at work still running.
I don't think any wide scsi
ISA cards exist. Ebay, again, is the best source for an EISA scsi card.
Most wide SCSI drives work just fine with narrow. It's not as if the
machine is likely to be fast enough to really use wide SCSI
performance.
I generally use a ISA card from ADAPTEC as I have a 1542 and a 2906
(PCI) handy. That works in everything but the XT class boxen and MCA.
Allison
10 Mar
10 Mar
4:24 p.m.
ajp166 wrote:
Yes, but most ISA-8 or and ISA-16 cards do fit EISA
and VESA
bus machines as they generally provide ISA. I know that as I have a
boat load of antiques at work still running.
That's true, but you aren't using the full capacity of the slot. I
suppose if you already have an ISA card, and don't really want to spend
anymore it's fine. I have a setup like that. I have a VLB slot with a
ISA 1542B installed. I haven't actually gotten the computer up yet....
still have some IRQ/DMA conflicts, I think.
Most wide SCSI drives work just fine with narrow.
It's not as if the
machine is likely to be fast enough to really use wide SCSI
performance.
SCSI is backwards compatible as long as you keep Single Ended and
Differential separate. I would think any high end 486 class machine
would benefit from wide scsi. Remember SCSI doesn't rely on the CPU
like IDE does.
I generally use a ISA card from ADAPTEC as I have a
1542 and a 2906
(PCI) handy. That works in everything but the XT class boxen and MCA.
I actually have a pair of 8-bit SCSI cards, a Seagate, and an NCR. I
have used the Seagate, unfortunately it didn't see more than 2xx of the
300megs of my HD, after I repartitioned the HD on that controller. I
wish I had any drivers, or utilities that would have been included with
it originally. It would be neat to hook a cd-rom to it. I haven't
experimented with the NCR, other than seeing if Windows 9x would see
it... it didn't.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
11:45 a.m.
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 22:24:25 -0500
From: Chad Fernandez <fernande(a)internet1.net>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: SCSI connectivity
Reply-to: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
That's true, but you aren't using the full
capacity of the slot. I
suppose if you already have an ISA card, and don't really want to spend
anymore it's fine. I have a setup like that. I have a VLB slot with a
ISA 1542B installed. I haven't actually gotten the computer up yet....
still have some IRQ/DMA conflicts, I think.
Straighten it out then! :-)
SCSI is backwards compatible as long as you keep
Single Ended and
Differential separate. I would think any high end 486 class machine
would benefit from wide scsi. Remember SCSI doesn't rely on the CPU
like IDE does.
Uh uh... usually not. Most of ISA scsi cards doesn't have the
capablities to off load the cpu task to the cards. Plain scsi 1 and
scsi 2 is very slow than compareable IDE pio 2 or up w/ VLB cards or
pentium boards are already busmaster by hardware. Go wide.
Even PCI scsi cards is usually plain. Would have to look hard to
find a true high performance scsi card that has all the smarts and
busmaster by default. Very rare isa have busmaster, I don't know
for sure on VLB. EISA cards usually have both cpu or on board
processor. On winblows drivers is a big problem on older scsi cards
especially on brands that went under or bought out.
anyway to use them for non-performance issues. Great for you.
I actually have a pair of 8-bit SCSI cards, a Seagate,
and an NCR. I
have used the Seagate, unfortunately it didn't see more than 2xx of the
300megs of my HD, after I repartitioned the HD on that controller. I
wish I had any drivers, or utilities that would have been included with
it originally. It would be neat to hook a cd-rom to it. I haven't
experimented with the NCR, other than seeing if Windows 9x would see
it... it didn't.
This is one you touched on this issues I raised above. NCR support
is nearly nothing under winblows. DOS drivers is very hard to locate
unless someone has the drivers on hand to copy for u. Seagate scsi
card is fixed, very limited support to segate drives only, dumb
hardware robbing the cpu power for data tranfers. And needs driver
to support any other drives and cdroms. Very slow anyway. I had
few, finding out this then threw them out.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Cheers,
Wizard
5:52 p.m.
jpero(a)sympatico.ca wrote:
The 154x (ISA) is busmastering, the 1520 isn't, However.
SCSI is
backwards compatible as long as you keep Single Ended and
Differential separate. I would think any high end 486 class machine
would benefit from wide scsi. Remember SCSI doesn't rely on the CPU
like IDE does.
Uh uh... usually not. Most of ISA scsi cards doesn't have the
capablities to off load the cpu task to the cards. Plain scsi 1 and
scsi 2 is very slow than compareable IDE pio 2 or up w/ VLB cards or
pentium boards are already busmaster by hardware. Go wide. Even PCI scsi cards is usually plain. Would have to
look hard to
find a true high performance scsi card that has all the smarts and
busmaster by default. Very rare isa have busmaster, I don't know
for sure on VLB. EISA cards usually have both cpu or on board
processor. On winblows drivers is a big problem on older scsi cards
especially on brands that went under or bought out.
I have a hard time believing that PCI wouldn't be busmastering, with as
new as it is. All of my EISA cards are busmastering.... I think they
are 80186s on my Buslogics. My Future Domain (Microchannel) is PIO, but
it runs one of my Fujitsu drives faster than I have ever seen before,
according to Snooper. It's wierd, Though, another identical drive,
except for capacity, is the spped I am used to. Model numbers are
identical.
anyway to use them for non-performance issues. Great
for you.
> I actually have a pair of 8-bit SCSI cards, a Seagate, and an NCR. I
> have used the Seagate, unfortunately it didn't see more than 2xx of the
> 300megs of my HD, after I repartitioned the HD on that controller. I
> wish I had any drivers, or utilities that would have been included with
> it originally. It would be neat to hook a cd-rom to it. I haven't
> experimented with the NCR, other than seeing if Windows 9x would see
> it... it didn't.
This is one you touched on this issues I raised above.
NCR support
is nearly nothing under winblows. DOS drivers is very hard to locate
unless someone has the drivers on hand to copy for u. Seagate scsi
card is fixed, very limited support to segate drives only, dumb
hardware robbing the cpu power for data tranfers. And needs driver
to support any other drives and cdroms. Very slow anyway. I had
few, finding out this then threw them out.
How is the Seagate "hardware robbing"? I doubt I would find anything
better to install in my XT or PC. It can't be any slower than MFM, and
allows for the use of modern drives, although, full capacity wouldn't be
used.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
8:51 p.m.
Installing the 1542B in a VESA slot won't give you performance beyond the ISA,
since it only uses the ISA. If you can find a 284x, you'll be pleased with its
performance, though.
I've used a 2842 in a machine with both VLB and PCI cards and that one ( AMD
5x86 at 160 MHz) was entirely indistinguishable in its performance from a 2940
with the same number of similar drives.
The 1542B is a pain because of its poor documentation but can be made to work
OK. If you can get one, the 154xA version is probably as good as any and
performs up to ISA spec's. What's more, its jumpering, though plentiful and
confusing, is well documented.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chad Fernandez" <fernande(a)internet1.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: SCSI connectivity
ajp166 wrote:
Yes, but most ISA-8 or and ISA-16 cards do fit
EISA and VESA
bus machines as they generally provide ISA. I know that as I have a
boat load of antiques at work still running.
That's true, but you aren't using the full capacity of the slot. I
suppose if you already have an ISA card, and don't really want to spend
anymore it's fine. I have a setup like that. I have a VLB slot with a
ISA 1542B installed. I haven't actually gotten the computer up yet....
still have some IRQ/DMA conflicts, I think.
Most wide SCSI drives work just fine with narrow.
It's not as if the
machine is likely to be fast enough to really use wide SCSI
performance.
SCSI is backwards compatible as long as you keep Single Ended and
Differential separate. I would think any high end 486 class machine
would benefit from wide scsi. Remember SCSI doesn't rely on the CPU
like IDE does.
I generally use a ISA card from ADAPTEC as I have
a 1542 and a 2906
(PCI) handy. That works in everything but the XT class boxen and MCA.
I actually have a pair of 8-bit SCSI cards, a Seagate, and an NCR. I
have used the Seagate, unfortunately it didn't see more than 2xx of the
300megs of my HD, after I repartitioned the HD on that controller. I
wish I had any drivers, or utilities that would have been included with
it originally. It would be neat to hook a cd-rom to it. I haven't
experimented with the NCR, other than seeing if Windows 9x would see
it... it didn't.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
11 Mar
11 Mar
12:49 a.m.
Richard Erlacher skrev:
Installing the 1542B in a VESA slot won't give you
performance beyond the
ISA, since it only uses the ISA. If you can find a 284x, you'll be pleased
with its performance, though.
In a VESA slot? Am I missing something here? The AHA-1542B looks just like any
16-bit ISA card to me, no VLB connector at all.
--
En ligne avec Thor 2.6.
If you want to program in C, program in C. It's a nice language.
I use it occasionally... :-)
--Larry Wall (perl) in <7577(a)jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
3:19 a.m.
It doesn't actually use the VESA extention, on the MB, so your using the
slot as an ISA slot only. You are correct that the 1542B is 16-bit ISA.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Iggy Drougge wrote:
Richard Erlacher skrev:
Installing the 1542B in a VESA slot won't give
you performance beyond the
ISA, since it only uses the ISA. If you can find a 284x, you'll be pleased
with its performance, though.
In a VESA slot? Am I missing something here? The AHA-1542B looks just like any
16-bit ISA card to me, no VLB connector at all.
5:36 a.m.
That's my point, exactly.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Iggy Drougge" <optimus(a)canit.se>
To: "Richard Erlacher" <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 4:49 AM
Subject: Re: SCSI connectivity
Richard Erlacher skrev:
Installing the 1542B in a VESA slot won't give
you performance beyond the
ISA, since it only uses the ISA. If you can find a 284x, you'll be pleased
with its performance, though.
In a VESA slot? Am I missing something here? The AHA-1542B looks just like any
16-bit ISA card to me, no VLB connector at all.
--
En ligne avec Thor 2.6.
If you want to program in C, program in C. It's a nice language.
I use it occasionally... :-)
--Larry Wall (perl) in <7577(a)jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
3:21 a.m.
What I want it one of the later 1542 cards that isn't plug an play, but
will handle drives over 1 gig. Both my 1542s have the earlier bios and
won't go over 1 gig :-(
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Richard Erlacher wrote:
The 1542B is a pain because of its poor documentation
but can be made to work
OK. If you can get one, the 154xA version is probably as good as any and
performs up to ISA spec's. What's more, its jumpering, though plentiful and
confusing, is well documented.
Dick
3:59 a.m.
What I want it one of the later 1542 cards that
isn't plug an play, but
will handle drives over 1 gig. Both my 1542s have the earlier bios and
won't go over 1 gig :-(
With my 1522's a number of years ago, Adaptec was more than
happy to send me the ROM upgrade for the card to handle larger drives
at no charge. I've always thought Adaptec had pretty good customer
service and that thier products were quite robust. All of my
currently used SCSI boards (2930U, 2940U2B, and 1460) are all Adaptec
products. Their Toast CD mastering software is far nicer than the
alternatives as well, and yes, I know they sold it to Roxio. I liked
the OEM 1520 because it was PNP under Win98.
Jeff
--
Collector of Classic Microcomputers and Video Game Systems:
Home of the TRS-80 Model 2000 FAQ File
http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lakes/6757
5:50 a.m.
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
dual-channel version of the 2940AU) before I could get it to work, due to some
problem or other with Plug-N-Pray and it never worked in some of my earlier
motherboards. Once it did, it performed quite well, but only whe IT wanted to.
It died within 6 months of starting to work, and none of my dead 2940AU's has
lasted over 3 months. There was apparently some detail in the ADAPTEC warranty
that allows them to escape their claims. In any case, I always get a quick
automated reply from their answer-bot, a superficial reply from a technician at
their customer service group, followed by one or more irrelevant posts and then
no follow-through.
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.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Hellige" <jhellige(a)earthlink.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 7:59 AM
Subject: Re: SCSI connectivity
What I want it
one of the later 1542 cards that isn't plug an play, but
will handle drives over 1 gig. Both my 1542s have the earlier bios and
won't go over 1 gig :-(
With my 1522's a number of years ago, Adaptec was more than
happy to send me the ROM upgrade for the card to handle larger drives
at no charge. I've always thought Adaptec had pretty good customer
service and that thier products were quite robust. All of my
currently used SCSI boards (2930U, 2940U2B, and 1460) are all Adaptec
products. Their Toast CD mastering software is far nicer than the
alternatives as well, and yes, I know they sold it to Roxio. I liked
the OEM 1520 because it was PNP under Win98.
Jeff
--
Collector of Classic Microcomputers and Video Game Systems:
Home of the TRS-80 Model 2000 FAQ File
http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lakes/6757
6:14 a.m.
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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Home of the TRS-80 Model 2000 FAQ File
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6:45 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
--
Collector of Classic Microcomputers and Video Game Systems:
Home of the TRS-80 Model 2000 FAQ File
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7:33 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.
Maybe they've changed thier customer service policies in the
last couple of years, as I've not had to use it at all. When I did
6-7 years ago for the upgrade of the 1522's BIOS, i didn't have a
single problem.
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.
My mistake...I mistyped it. The drive is actually an 0664M1H
and it is 2gig. I've had this thing plugged up to PC's, Amiga's,
Mac's, you name it. I've had it roughly 7 years and it is one of the
best drives I ever had. My only complaint is that it runs a bit hot
and at the time I got it the terminator for it, which plugged into
the cable connector, was still pretty pricey. Then again, when I got
it in trade from someone, the drive itself was still about $1200.
IBM replaced it once under warranty without any problems whatsoever.
Jeff
--
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2:48 p.m.
BTW... I ran into a couple or three old BUSLOGIC EISA SCSI cards a couple of
days ago at a local surplus house, in case someone likes those ... you can call
the Denver area Gateway Electronics shop at (303) 458-5444 if you're interested.
They probably won't go away soon.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Hellige" <jhellige(a)earthlink.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: SCSI connectivity
about
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.
Maybe they've changed thier customer service policies in the
last couple of years, as I've not had to use it at all. When I did
6-7 years ago for the upgrade of the 1522's BIOS, i didn't have a
single problem.
>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 the best
3-1/2" SCSI drives I've used, in that there's never a
problem and they
always behave just as expected.
My mistake...I mistyped it. The drive is actually an 0664M1H
and it is 2gig. I've had this thing plugged up to PC's, Amiga's,
Mac's, you name it. I've had it roughly 7 years and it is one of the
best drives I ever had. My only complaint is that it runs a bit hot
and at the time I got it the terminator for it, which plugged into
the cable connector, was still pretty pricey. Then again, when I got
it in trade from someone, the drive itself was still about $1200.
IBM replaced it once under warranty without any problems whatsoever.
Jeff
--
Collector of Classic Microcomputers and Video Game Systems:
Home of the TRS-80 Model 2000 FAQ File
http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lakes/6757
3:46 p.m.
At 10:45 AM 3/11/01 -0700, you wrote:
From: "Jeff Hellige"
<jhellige(a)earthlink.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: SCSI connectivity
different
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.
2 gig's??? The two '0662's I have right here are both 1 GB. Are there
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
I like these drives too; they are one of the few scsi drives in which
I know how to set the jumpers so the drive doesn't initiate sync
negotiation; this is important for many computers from the '90 vintage,
as their ROMS did not like the drives initiating the negotiation.
If you think an Adaptec ROM update will help with that,
i.e. making them 2
GB, I
think you'll be disappointed.
>
> >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 haven't had a lot of experience with other PCI products. I have
a CMD 6520 which works ok, although Linux did not seem to like it.
Nice utilities in the BIOS, such as sector-wise duplication. It also
has a 72 pin SIMM slot for a disk cache as large as 32MB, I think.
I have a RAID controller by IBM in a big Linux box at work.
_Very_ nice. However, the drivers for RedHat 7.0 have not surfaced
yet, so we're running a heavily patched 6.2 .
I have used many adaptec controllers, 1522, 2740, 2842, 3940UWDPI
(dual channel; nice), 2940, 2940U, 2940U2. Never had a real problem
with any of them. Upgrading the BIOS is usually a good idea, though.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Carlos E. Murillo-Sanchez carlos_murillo(a)nospammers.ieee.org
8:49 p.m.
Well, you've had better luck that I've had with ADAPTEC PCI products. I just
recently threw out a box of 18 or so 2940AU's none having been used for more
than three months and all dead.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carlos Murillo" <cmurillo(a)emtelsa.multi.net.co>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: SCSI connectivity
At 10:45 AM 3/11/01 -0700, you wrote:
From: "Jeff Hellige"
<jhellige(a)earthlink.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: SCSI connectivity
different
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.
2 gig's??? The two '0662's I have right here are both 1 GB. Are there
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
I like these drives too; they are one of the few scsi drives in which
I know how to set the jumpers so the drive doesn't initiate sync
negotiation; this is important for many computers from the '90 vintage,
as their ROMS did not like the drives initiating the negotiation.
If you think an Adaptec ROM update will help with
that, i.e. making them 2
GB, I
think you'll be disappointed.
>
> >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 haven't had a lot of experience with other PCI products. I have
a CMD 6520 which works ok, although Linux did not seem to like it.
Nice utilities in the BIOS, such as sector-wise duplication. It also
has a 72 pin SIMM slot for a disk cache as large as 32MB, I think.
I have a RAID controller by IBM in a big Linux box at work.
_Very_ nice. However, the drivers for RedHat 7.0 have not surfaced
yet, so we're running a heavily patched 6.2 .
I have used many adaptec controllers, 1522, 2740, 2842, 3940UWDPI
(dual channel; nice), 2940, 2940U, 2940U2. Never had a real problem
with any of them. Upgrading the BIOS is usually a good idea, though.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Carlos E. Murillo-Sanchez carlos_murillo(a)nospammers.ieee.org
5:42 a.m.
All my ADAPTEC cards handle drives over 1 GB with no effort of any kind on my
part, i.e. straight out of the box. Perhaps you should look for the somewhat
obscured BIOS update files on the ADAPTEC web site. I've been planning (though
the road to hell is paved with good intentions) to fix my NETWARE server's PSU,
which will make my local copies of th
but I believe ADAPTEC has it still.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chad Fernandez" <fernande(a)internet1.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 7:21 AM
Subject: Re: SCSI connectivity
What I want it one of the later 1542 cards that
isn't plug an play, but
will handle drives over 1 gig. Both my 1542s have the earlier bios and
won't go over 1 gig :-(
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Richard Erlacher wrote:
> The 1542B is a pain because of its poor documentation but can be made to
work
OK. If you
can get one, the 154xA version is probably as good as any and
performs up to ISA spec's. What's more, its jumpering, though plentiful and
confusing, is well documented.
Dick
10:16 a.m.
I don't have any way to burn the chip, Though. The older cards aren't
flash upgradeable, unfortunetly.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Richard Erlacher wrote:
All my ADAPTEC cards handle drives over 1 GB with no effort of any kind on my
part, i.e. straight out of the box. Perhaps you should look for the somewhat
obscured BIOS update files on the ADAPTEC web site. I've been planning (though
the road to hell is paved with good intentions) to fix my NETWARE server's PSU,
which will make my local copies of th
but I believe ADAPTEC has it still.
Dick
2:55 p.m.
If you find a BIOS you can use, I'm sure somebody will transplant it into a
suitable eprom for you. Find the BIOS first, though. I've got one that might
work, since I use a 1542B on this very machine.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chad Fernandez" <fernande(a)internet1.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: SCSI connectivity
I don't have any way to burn the chip, Though.
The older cards aren't
flash upgradeable, unfortunetly.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Richard Erlacher wrote:
>
> All my ADAPTEC cards handle drives over 1 GB with no effort of any kind on
my
> part, i.e. straight out of the box. Perhaps you
should look for the
somewhat
> obscured BIOS update files on the ADAPTEC web
site. I've been planning
(though
> the road to hell is paved with good intentions)
to fix my NETWARE server's
PSU,
which will
make my local copies of th
but I believe ADAPTEC has it still.
Dick
10 p.m.
Richard Erlacher skrev:
All my ADAPTEC cards handle drives over 1 GB with no
effort of any kind on my
part, i.e. straight out of the box. Perhaps you should look for the somewhat
obscured BIOS update files on the ADAPTEC web site. I've been planning
(though the road to hell is paved with good intentions) to fix my NETWARE
server's PSU, which will make my local copies of th but I believe ADAPTEC has
it still.
Looking on my hard drive, I found these files:
ftp://ftp.adaptec.digisle.net//eprom_bios/b154x.exe
ftp://ftp.adaptec.digisle.net//eprom_bios/b154x334.exe
ftp://ftp.adaptec.digisle.net//eprom_bios/b154xg.exe
ftp://ftp.adaptec.digisle.net//scsi/general/154x_faq.txt
ftp://ftp.adaptec.digisle.net//manuals/user_guides/1540b_um.pdf
ftp://ftp.adaptec.digisle.net//manuals/user_guides/aha1540_um.pdf
ftp://ftp.adaptec.digisle.net//scsi/general/154xb_jm.pdf
Have fun. =)
--
En ligne avec Thor 2.6.
[E]xcept in the works of Gunnar Asplund, architect of the Stockholm Exhibition
of 1930 and the Stockholm crematorium, Sweden has never contributed much to
the revolutionary developments through which modern architecture made its
initial impact on the world.
J.M. Richards, Modern Architecture
9:51 p.m.
Chad Fernandez skrev:
What I want it one of the later 1542 cards that
isn't plug an play, but
will handle drives over 1 gig. Both my 1542s have the earlier bios and
won't go over 1 gig :-(
What BIOS would this be?
--
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well, maybe if it contained ChibiChibi-JarJar
pairing..<seg>
Okay, so now I'm thinking about a threesome between
ChibiChibi, Jar-Jar and
Pikachu. You bastard.
A. Jones
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