Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 07:42:41 -0500 (EST) From: Vincent Cojot <coyote@step.polymtl.ca> To: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> Cc: Brian Ristuccia <brianr@osiris.ml.org>, AIC7770 List <aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Micropolis 1991w disks and Adaptec 2940 ultra (off topic) Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.980121074100.10976A-100000@step.polymtl.ca> In-Reply-To: <34C5BE0E.44DCCA91@tdx.co.uk>
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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
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