My main problem is with the 2940AU, though the support, or lack thereof, is not
a design problem, but rather an ADAPTEC administrative policy. Their policy is
that once they've got your money, you don't matte any more.
Another comment is below.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Hellige" <jhellige_at_earthlink.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: SCSI connectivity
> >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
>
> Yes, I liked the 1522A that I had. Never had any problems
> out of it once I upgraded the ROM so that I could use the whole 2gig
> of the IBM 0662 hard disk I was trying to plug up to it. I didn't
> care much for thier prep/format software under Windows though.
>
2 gig's??? The two '0662's I have right here are both 1 GB. Are there different
models? I've used 'em together with larger drives but they've always claimed to
be 1 GB drives, which is what they claimed when they were new. They are about
the best 3-1/2" SCSI drives I've used, in that there's never a problem and they
always behave just as expected.
If you think an Adaptec ROM update will help with that, i.e. making them 2 GB, I
think you'll be disappointed.
>
> >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.
>
> I've never had any problems with the 2930U with CD-R's,
> scanners and hard disks. I've not used the 2940U2B enough to make a
> judgement yet. I'll likely be running both in the same machine soon
> though so that I don't have to try and mix the LVD and SCSI-2 stuff
> on the same bus. The 2930U would be just for legacy stuff I don't
> feel like upgrading anyway, such as my scanner.
>
> Jeff
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