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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!sci34hub!gary From: gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston) Subject: Re: Which Adaptec ISA devices are supported? Message-ID: <1993Apr9.141034.6225@sci34hub.sci.com> Reply-To: gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston) Organization: SCI Systems, Inc., Huntsville, Al. References: <1993Apr1.125044.13968@bradford.ac.uk> <1993Apr6.133603.29577@bradford.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 14:10:34 GMT Lines: 20 In article <1993Apr6.133603.29577@bradford.ac.uk> T.D.G.Sandford@bradford.ac.uk (TDG SANDFORD) writes: >I had no replies about any of the 1540[abc] controllers, or the 1542a. The >1542b is the "standard" supported by 386bsd. I had a reply indicating >problems using the new 1542c controller (see new thread "Anyone using >the Adaptec 1542c with 386bsd" for details). The 1540x cards do not have the floppy interface on them; aside from that, they are identical to the equivalent rev of 1542x. If you have floppy on your motherboard (getting real common these days) you can save a few $$$ on your SCSI card. (Hopefully, the price of the 154xb will come down, now that it's a discontinued product.) -- Gary Heston SCI Systems, Inc. gary@sci34hub.sci.com site admin The Chairman of the Board and the CFO speak for SCI. I'm neither. Remember: A majority of the American people voted against *all* of the Presidential Candidates. How encouraging....