From owner-aic7xxx Wed Jan 21 04:44:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from daemon@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA20385 for aic7xxx-outgoing; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 04:44:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-aic7xxx) Received: from step.polymtl.ca (coyote@step.polymtl.ca [132.207.4.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA20379 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 04:44:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from coyote@step.polymtl.ca) Received: from localhost (coyote@localhost) by step.polymtl.ca (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id HAA11100; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 07:42:41 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 07:42:41 -0500 (EST) From: Vincent Cojot To: Karl Pielorz cc: Brian Ristuccia , AIC7770 List Subject: Re: Micropolis 1991w disks and Adaptec 2940 ultra (off topic) In-Reply-To: <34C5BE0E.44DCCA91@tdx.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 21 Jan 1998, Karl Pielorz wrote: > It won't work... > > To run a Wide drive you need a Wide controller... If you have a Wide > controller and Narrow drives you can rework things with adaptors / cabling > etc. - but Wide (68 Way) drives on Narrow controllers (50 Way) is a no-go I'm > afraid... Huh? I have two Quantum Atlas II UW (68 pin) working fin on a non-Ultra, non-Wide Adaptec 3940. :) It's a waste - I agree - but I am waiting for a better setup or a 3940UW to change that situation... ,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-, Vincent S. Cojot, Computer Engineering. STEP project. _.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Comite Micro-Informatique. _.,-*~'`^`'~*-,. Linux Xview/OpenLook resources page _.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._ coyote@info.polymtl.ca http://www.info.polymtl.ca/~coyote _.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._ coyote@step.polymtl.ca They cannot scare me with their empty spaces Between stars - on stars where no human race is I have it in me so much nearer home To scare myself with my own desert places. - Robert Frost