My first PC SCSI drives were interfaced via a 1522, and, though it uses
programmed I/O, it was always at least fast enough for Windows or Linux use.
People went on endlessly about how much better the DMA-based boards were, but, I
couldn't prove it. In fact, it was over a year after I got my first 3940AU (the
dual-channel version of the 2940AU) before I could get it to work, due to some
problem or other with Plug-N-Pray and it never worked in some of my earlier
motherboards. Once it did, it performed quite well, but only whe IT wanted to.
It died within 6 months of starting to work, and none of my dead 2940AU's has
lasted over 3 months. There was apparently some detail in the ADAPTEC warranty
that allows them to escape their claims. In any case, I always get a quick
automated reply from their answer-bot, a superficial reply from a technician at
their customer service group, followed by one or more irrelevant posts and then
no follow-through.
In general, I'd say that if you can find an alternative to ADAPTEC, at least
with their PCI products, I'd use the alternative.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Hellige" <jhellige_at_earthlink.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 7:59 AM
Subject: Re: SCSI connectivity
> >What I want it one of the later 1542 cards that isn't plug an play, but
> >will handle drives over 1 gig. Both my 1542s have the earlier bios and
> >won't go over 1 gig :-(
>
> With my 1522's a number of years ago, Adaptec was more than
> happy to send me the ROM upgrade for the card to handle larger drives
> at no charge. I've always thought Adaptec had pretty good customer
> service and that thier products were quite robust. All of my
> currently used SCSI boards (2930U, 2940U2B, and 1460) are all Adaptec
> products. Their Toast CD mastering software is far nicer than the
> alternatives as well, and yes, I know they sold it to Roxio. I liked
> the OEM 1520 because it was PNP under Win98.
>
> Jeff
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