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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: SCSI Controller Question
- Keywords: SCSI-2
- Message-ID: <1992Aug29.164700.14810@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 29 Aug 92 16:47:00 GMT
- References: <l9u15eINNc19@aludra.usc.edu>
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- In article <l9u15eINNc19@aludra.usc.edu> ddurby@aludra.usc.edu (Dennis Durby) writes:
- >I am getting a new motherboard this week: AMI EISA 33DX, with 16 meg. RAM.
- >I need to get a SCSI controller and hard drive. The vendor sells both MYLEX
- >and AMI, recommends AMI for flexibility. I'd planned to get an Adaptec 1742B
- >(or is it a 1740???). I'll basically be running under OS/2, but may have a
- >partition reserved for DOS and Windows 3.1, so I can run 3.1 apps until OS/2
- >supports them. My questions:
- >1. Which controller is "better", and why? I want to be able to add later a
- > tape backup unit or a removable disk drive, possibly CDROM, Sound, etc.,
- > and possibly another drive, or other SCSI stuff.
-
- For OS/2 purposes, the Adaptec 17xx is currently the favorite (because
- it has the best driver support for devices other than hard drives).
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