Return to BSD News archive
Xref: sserve comp.periphs.scsi:15100 comp.os.os2.misc:73448 comp.os.386bsd.questions:6512 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!scsing.switch.ch!swidir.switch.ch!univ-lyon1.fr!ensta!itesec!frmug!renux.frmug.fr.net!gwynedd.frmug.fr.net!fcb From: fcb@gwynedd.frmug.fr.net (Francois Berjon) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Need a decent SCSI-II ISA bus card Date: 4 Nov 1993 22:36:46 GMT Organization: The Gwynedd System Lines: 13 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2bc06c$b0c@gwynedd.frmug.fr.net> References: <2b15k7$1hop@thebes.cc.waikato.ac.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: gwynedd.frmug.fr.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit hamish@thebes.cc.waikato.ac.nz (Hamish Marson) writes: |> [...] Now is the Adaptec 1540 100% compatible |> with the 1542 (Minus the floppy), As for 1540B and 1542B: they are the very same card (same circuit board, same components, same BIOS), except that the 1542B has got the FD controller and connector soldered on, while on the 1540 the space (and connections) reserved for them is empty. I suppose anybody could turn a 1540 into a 1542 by getting a FDC and connector, and soldering them... -- Francois Berjon Francois.Berjon@gwynedd.frmug.fr.net