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- From: me90plb@brunel.ac.uk (Paul L Barnfather)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: SCSI Adapter Question
- Message-ID: <C19AAM.17M@brunel.ac.uk>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 12:49:33 GMT
- References: <1jhq37INN4h5@terra.cs.waikato.ac.nz>
- Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
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- Hamish Marson (hamish@terra.cs.waikato.ac.nz) wrote:
- : In article <1993Jan16.023918.20086@midway.uchicago.edu> pynq@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- : |In article <1993Jan1.232422.24010@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes (recommending SCSI adapters for use with OS/2):
- : |...
- : |>Well, they are both compatible for hard drives, but they are not the
- : |>best choices.
- : |>
- : |>Specify Adaptec, Future Domain, Trantor, or BusTek and you should be
- : |>just fine.
- : |
- : |You also have to make sure to get the right model number(s) of adapters
- : |made by these manufacturers. That is, e.g., for Future Domain, it has
- : |to be at least a TMC 850. TMC 840 is NG.
- : |
-
- : Can somebody tell me if the TMC-870 is supported? (Its an 8-bit card with
- : 50 pin internal header and a DB25 on the back for external devices. If so,
- : how fast is this card? And if I swap that from my current WD7000 FAAST SCSI
- : card will I have to re-format my drive? (Sometimes swapping to/from the WD7000
- : I have had to re-format SCSI drives.)
-
- : Or...
-
- : Is the WD7000 supported yet? (Besides the INT13 driver that I'm using at the
- : moment. If so can somebody point me to the drivers? (On and if somebody has
- : an image for the latest ROMS from my card (I currently have 3.4) that would
- : be great too :))
-
- : TIA.
-
-
- I'm running OS/2 with a TMC-870 without problems. I'ts a bit slow, though -
- I'm just using the INT13 driver. I haven't figured out how to get OS/2 to
- use the controller directly. The card is pretty old (~1986), and refuses to
- recognise SCSI tapes or optical drives. I've not had any compatibility
- problems, but I need to use my other SCSI devices, so I'm going to switch
- to Adaptec (or preferably Buslogic if I can find supplier in the UK - are
- you listening, Buslogic ??).`
-
- Just my own experience with the '870.
-
- Paul
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