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- From: rik@sci.kun.nl (Rik Fleuren)
- Subject: Re: SCSI Adapter Question
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- References: <31DEC199209405115@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov> <1993Jan1.232422.24010@midway.uchicago.edu> <1993Jan16.023918.20086@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:34:44 GMT
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- In <1993Jan16.023918.20086@midway.uchicago.edu> pynq@quads.uchicago.edu (Jeremy Mathers) 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.
- >
- >The list is to be found on the sheet accompanying the 2.1B CD ROM.
- >
- >************************************************************************
- >I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
- > -- Oscar Wilde
- >
- > - pynq@quads.uchicago.edu, who is still costing the net
- > hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars, every time he posts -
- >************************************************************************
-
- I use the FD8XX.ADD driver with an old FD TMC-830, no problems. When I
- put a 'REM' before the BASEDEV line in the CONFIG.SYS, I only have one
- SCSI drive (D:), probably through the INT13 driver. With the FD8XX.ADD
- I have two drives (D: and E:), so the driver works for me.
-
-
- Rik Fleuren
-
- P.S. The TMC-830 has version 4 ROM software.
-