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From: bob@uis-oc.UUCP (Robert J. Mathias Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: SCSI controllers - a summary
Message-ID: <74@uis-oc.UUCP>
Date: 7 Jun 91 18:01:54 GMT
Organization: Unisys Corporation; Irvine, California
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> sitting on the shelf that, while a perfectly competent SCSI HBA, is 
> eclipsed by the DPT in both reduced SCSI overhead (ie lower seek times) 
> and increased throughput.  It's in the same price ballpark as the 
> Adaptec.  Oh well.  I'm sure you'll get a lot of use out of the Adaptec 
> unless you plan on using OS/2...

What's the problem with OS/2 and the Adaptec 1542B.  We have been using
it quite successfully under OS/2.  In fact, we just switch to the new
LADDR driver (OS/2 1.21) for the Adaptec controller.  In fact, it seems
that Adaptec seems to be the best supported SCSI controller for non-MSDOS
OS'es.

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Bob Mathias                          uucp: ccicpg!uis-oc!bob@uunet.uu.net 
Unisys Corporation                   CServ: 70340,165 
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