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From: neese@adaptx1.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: The Best SCSI Card for a ISA/EISA/M
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Date: 18 Jan 91 00:19:48 GMT
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Nf-From: adaptx1.UUCP!neese    Jan 17 09:12:00 1991


>/* ---------- "The Best SCSI Card for a ISA/EISA/M" ---------- */
>
>I'll be shopping for a new [34]86 machine at the next West
>Coast Computer Fairre and I expect that I'll want a 300-600Mb
>SCSI disk (possibly a Fuji M2263SA, which I have experience
>with on my Sun 386i). What controller should I go for, and how
>can  I ensure maximum documentation of it and the drive?  Ie.
>what do I ask the vendor for?  Is the choice of CPU bus
>(ISA/EISA/MCA) a consideration?  How do floppies fit into all
>of this?
>I get the impression from comments here that Adaptec is the
>company to go with for controller, and that it sets the
>standard for ISA bus SCSI implementations. I expect to add
>other SCSI peripherals in the future, so I'd like to get
>developer documentation as well as the
>"how-to-plug-it-in-and-set-the-jumpers" kind.

If you decide to go with Adaptec, get the SCSI Master Kit.  It contains
all the software drivers in the box, cable, and a AHA-1542.  The install guide
is just a jumper guide.  The Tech Ref docs are available through Adaptec or can
be downloaded from adaptex.  The AHA-1540 is w/o floppy, the AHA-1542 is
w/floppy controller.
The AHA-1740 is the EISA adapter and is not available with a floppy controller.
The AHA-1640 is the MCA adapter and is also not available with a floppy
controller.  This adapter is only supported on IBM microchannel systems.

			Roy Neese
			Adaptec Senior SCSI Applications Engineer
			UUCP @  neese@adaptex
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