Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwm.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!ubc-cs!uw-beaver!sumax!ole!thebes!camco!bill From: bill@camco.Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi Subject: Re: Adaptec ROMs (esp. 1540A) Message-ID: <448@camco.Celestial.COM> Date: 5 Dec 90 17:28:34 GMT References: <17957@hydra.gatech.EDU> Distribution: na Organization: Celestial Software, Mercer Island, WA Lines: 31 In <17957@hydra.gatech.EDU> ken@dali.gatech.edu (Ken Seefried iii) writes: >----- >I have a pretty old Adaptec 1540 with ROM rev 2F. Recently, i've >noticed that out 1542B's have ROM rev. 3.08. Should I be interested >in a ROM upgrade for this board? >Thanks for the info... >-- > ken seefried iii "A sneer, a snarl, a whip that > ken@dali.gatech.edu stings...these are a few of > my favorite things..." I have a related question here. I formatted and installed Xenix 2.3.2 on a machine using and Adaptec 1542b with a Wren Runner hard drive. I then put this hard disk into a Tandy 4000 with an older Adaptec 1540 (the original Tandy version without the connector on the back). I then had to re-install Xenix from scratch since the disk couldn't be read by the older controller. I'm reasonably sure I didn't do anything to the disk when I moved it from one CPU to another (I've done this hundreds of times without problems) so what could cause this incompatibility? Bill. -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software UUCP: ...!thebes!camco!bill 6641 East Mercer Way uunet!camco!bill Mercer Island, WA 98040; (206) 947-5591 Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com