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- From: bsardis@netcom.com (Barry Sardis)
- Subject: Re: Adaptec SCSI controllers query
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.023517.7870@netcom.com>
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- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 02:35:17 GMT
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- timhu@ico.isc.com (Timothy Hu) writes:
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- >Article 48115 (47 more) in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:
- >From: Angelo Haritsis
- >Subject: Adaptec SCSI controllers query
- >Date: 7 Jan 93 12:07:08 GMT
- >Organization: Dept. of Computing, Imperial College, London
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- >Angelo Haritsis writes:
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- >>Does anyone out there know the difference between an Adaptec 1542A and an 1542B
- >>controller ? I was told that the only difference is that the A version is
- >>a full-length card whereas the B version is a half-length card; functionally
- >>they are exactly the same.
- >>Can I connect SCSI devices other than disks (tapes, CD-Rom etc.) on such
- >>controllers ? For disks: is it guaranteed that any SCSI disk will work
- >>with a 1542 controller.
-
- >Indeed, the only difference between the 1542A and the 1542B is the card
- >length. Software-wise, the cards are identical. I verified this with the
- >Adaptec people twice.
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- >--
- >Timothy Hu timhu@ico.isc.com | The intelligence (or lack of) expressed
- >Interactive Systems Corporation | above does not necessarily reflect the
- >Resource Solutions International | that of anyone else.
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- That would seem kind of dumb, unless the A has been replaced by the B. I
- was under the impression the the B stood for Bus Master.
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