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- From: timhu@ico.isc.com (Timothy Hu)
- Subject: Re: Adaptec SCSI controllers query
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.182134.9966@ico.isc.com>
- Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Boulder CO
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- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 18:21:34 GMT
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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 That would seem kind of dumb, unless the A has been replaced by the B. I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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- That's what I thought, too. Talking with two different gentlemen at
- Adaptec Tech Support, I found that the B version uses different hardware
- technology than the A version. It makes for a smaller card. It makes
- the card cheaper to produce.
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