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Date:      Wed, 24 Jan 1996 14:27:38 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        lmcsato@lmc.ericsson.se (Samy Touati)
Cc:        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, freebsd@enteract.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Adaptic 1522 DAT Phase Errors
Message-ID:  <199601240357.OAA25558@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.Sola.3.91.960123163549.4970A-100000@chicago> from "Samy Touati" at Jan 23, 96 04:37:03 pm

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Samy Touati stands accused of saying:
> 
> Is it for sure that the 1522 is not supported?

Never said it wasn't supported, just that I had no idea how good (or
otherwise) the driver was.

> I'm in the process of buying a used one, and I would like to know if it's 
> a good move, to use it with a tape backup on fbsd 2.1.

PIO SCSI controllers like the 1522 are a Bad Idea in general.  Get a 
busmaster (1542).

> Samy

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