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From: stevel@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Steve Ligett)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Are "IBM" PCs Ready for SCSI?
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Date: 11 Jul 90 15:06:18 GMT
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Are IBM PCs ready for SCSI?  I've been looking for a SCSI host adapter
to put in a 386-based PC clone I'm building.  In fact, it's all built
except for the hard disk and controller.

I want to use SCSI since it'll give me flexibility in number and type
of devices.

I read good things about the Adaptec AHA1542, but EDN didn't use it
in their "All-Star PC" - because memory was remapped under the DOS
extender they were using, and DOS was giving the card virtual addresses,
not physical ones (*crash*).  (No, I don't agree with all the decisions
made by those who put together the "All-Star PC".)

I just heard that the Future Domain controllers I'd been looking at
don't work with Windows 3.0.

It looks like the only controller that might not have compatibility
problems is the Seagate (Future Domain) ST-02.  I'm told that it's a
dog.
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Is this an accurate assessment of the state of SCSI in the PC world?
The high-end cards are likely to be incompatible with the "high-end"
software?  The low-end cards are just that?  Are there other choices?

Thank you for your advice.
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