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- From: chris@fuchal.demon.co.uk (Chris Appleton)
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- Subject: Re: Eiger Labs PCMCIA SCSI adapter for A1200?
- Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 19:44:45 GMT
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- Hey, Glenn C. Lasher Jr., you mumbled somthing about Eiger Labs PCMCIA SCSI
- adapter for A1200? on 27-Feb-96 19:17:29?
- GCLJ> A question I ask out of personal caution:
-
- GCLJ> In glancing through a PC catalogue the other day, I spotted a page
- GCLJ> full of PCMCIA cards, adapters and accessories. Amongst these was a
- GCLJ> SCSI-2 adapter made by Eiger Labs. I know PCMCIA is supposed to be
- GCLJ> PCMCIA is supposed to be PCMCIA, but.....
-
- GCLJ> My question:
-
- GCLJ> Can this card be used on an A1200, will it work from the start, or is
- GCLJ> some twiddling needed and will HDTools know what to do with it?
-
- GCLJ> Thanks to all for any assistance
-
- Prolly not, no. Although PCMCIA is PCMCIA, C= PCMCIA is not quite apparently.
- Well, you could probably get it to work, but you'd need special drivers, which
- don't really exist (I haven't heard of any). Same with PCMCIA modems, there
- was a driver but it got abandoned halfway thru' development apparently.
-
- Anyway, what's wrong with the Squirrel? (This proves you can get SCSI through
- the card slot somehow)
-
- Chris
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