Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 21:40:32 -0700 (PDT) From: dan@math.berkeley.edu (Dan Strick) To: bartling@cyrix.com Cc: dan@math.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: Freebsd2.2.2, adaptec 1742A and Ultra SCSI drive Message-ID: <199708260440.VAA07080@math.berkeley.edu>
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> P.S. The adaptec technical support folks were pretty amused > that I would hook up an ultra-scsi drive to a 1742A. > They stated : "Unless there is a jumper on the drive to > force it to use SCSI-2 negotiation and data rates, there > is no chance this ultra-scsi drive will work with the > 1742A". How is that for encouragement ? If the 1742A is willing to "negotiate" an "ultra" transfer rate (i.e. any xfer period below 100 ns), then it is violating the SCSI-2 standard (to which this product was probably advertised as adhering). I would call it broken and demand new 1742A firmware. Unfortunately, this product is no longer manufactured and you probably don't have much clout with Adaptec. I don't know if pleading will help. It never worked for me. Dan Strick dan@math.berkeley.edu
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