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From: tommy@netcom.com (Tommy Henderson)
Subject: Re: Need a decent SCSI-II ISA bus card
Message-ID: <tommyCG4ssJ.488@netcom.com>
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
References: <2b15k7$1hop@thebes.cc.waikato.ac.nz>
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1993 17:05:07 GMT
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In article <2b15k7$1hop@thebes.cc.waikato.ac.nz> hamish@thebes.cc.waikato.ac.nz (Hamish Marson) writes:
>Hi, I'm in the market for a SCSI-II ISA bus card, for running NetBSD,
>OS/2, and (If need be to play games :) DOS. I've narrowed it down to
>an Ultrastore or an Adaptec. Now is the Adaptec 1540 100% compatible
>with the 1542 (Minus the floppy), and what exactly are the differences
>between the 1542B and 1542C, and have the various OS's sorted out their
>initial teething problems with the 1542C having problems with 1542B
>drivers. (I know some people with OS/2 at least were having problems).

I have been using the 1542C for 4-5 months now with no problems at all.
I'm using the drivers that come with OS/2 2.1.

Tommy
tommy@netcom.com