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From: saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: SCSI controler...
Summary: BMS 200 won't let you boot with power off
Message-ID: <1990Mar17.184746.4642@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 17 Mar 90 18:47:46 GMT
References: <3790@plains.UUCP> <1990Mar16.224434.10948@chinet.chi.il.us> <11434@stag.math.lsa.umich.edu>
Reply-To: saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs)
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In article <11434@stag.math.lsa.umich.edu> hyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu) writes:
>
>Just an offhand question - do either of these cards allow the DMA system
>to continue to function if the attached SCSI bus is powered off? My old
>Supra card did, but my current one (smoked the old one - oops!) doesn't.
>(So if the hard drive is plugged in but turned off, the floppy drive is
>no longer usable.)
>
>
When I upgraded from the BMS-100 to the 200, Vance warned me that I'd no
longer be able to boot my ST with the power to the drive turned off.  If
you need that ability, I think the BMS-100 boards are still available.
Alternatively, Vance may have mumbled something about the possibility of
adding some expensive fast line drivers if I was into hardware projects
(I don't need to boot my ST with the drive off but connected, and I'm not
into hardware projects, so I wasn't paying attention).
                                 Steve J.