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- From: Gemini2@cup.portal.com (Gary Alan Peake)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A3000/A2091 SCSI controller chip
- Date: 24 Mar 1996 08:20:20 -0800
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- Sender: pccop@unix.portal.com
- Message-ID: <151130@cup.portal.com>
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- >"Bob K." <bobk@synthesys.com> writes:
- >
- >>Most, if not all A3000's (even A3000T's) and A2091 and similar scsi
- >>controller cards are fitted with the WD33C93APL 00-04 scsi controller
- >>chip. While this chip is ok when you only have one device connected
- >>to the scsi bus (usually the internal hard drive), anything less than
- >>rev 00-08 can start to give you trouble when you start to add multiple
- >>devices to the bus.
- >
- >*sigh*
- >
- >All 33C93A chips have bugs. The -04 has bugs, the -08 has bugs.
- >All 33C93A chips may cause bus lockups if the driver software doesn't
- >know how to handle the bugs.
- >
- >Many people use a -04 with multiple devices without any problem.
- >Some people used a -08 and experienced problems. It is not true
- >that a -08 solves all problems of the -04.
- >
- >Conclusion: if the chip you have works for you then you do not need
- >to change it for a different version with different bugs. If you
- >do change it then there is still a risk that problems remain or
- >that new problems show up.
- >
- >Regards,
- >--
- > Michael van Elst
-
- To paraphase Dave Haynie's answer to me long ago on this topic: 'if it
- ain't broke bad, don't try to fix it.'
-
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