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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!nickel.ucs.indiana.edu!ckung From: ckung@nickel.ucs.indiana.edu ((Mr.) C. Y. Kung) Subject: Re: Adaptec 1542B vs. 1542C Message-ID: <C687Mt.DqI@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Sender: news@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: nickel.ucs.indiana.edu Organization: Indiana University, CS Dept. References: <1rne8l$kun@bigguy.eng.ufl.edu> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 03:42:29 GMT Lines: 20 In article <1rne8l$kun@bigguy.eng.ufl.edu> sam@wasp.eng.ufl.edu (Sam Whedbee) writes: >I'm buying a Toshiba hard drive that has a SCSI-2 interface and I >was wondering if the Adaptec 1542C controller card works with >Net/386BSD. The install notes only mention the 1542B. > As I know, 1542C works fine under NetBSD, and 386bsd w/ new patched kernel. >Both interface cards cost the same price, $239.00. But the C >deals with SCSI-2 while the B doesn't. The Toshiba drive is >compatible with SCSI-1, so it could work with the B, but for the >same price, I could get the C and better performance ;) > >I'd appreciate any info/advice on the Adaptec controller cards. > >thanks, > >-Sam >