Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 09:12:16 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte), joelh@gnu.org, dakott@alpha.delta.edu, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec 1542i Performance on -stable [was Re: SCSI Controller] Message-ID: <199808271512.JAA08751@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199808262030.NAA20478@usr02.primenet.com> References: <199808260918.LAA07176@yedi.iaf.nl> <199808262030.NAA20478@usr02.primenet.com>
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> > There is no 1742B. Only a 174x and 174xA (x =[02] for (no)floppy interface). .. > I'm pretty sure that the 1742 controller in my machine with the 50MHz > 486DX (*NOT* DX2), and on which I clock my EISA bus at 50MHz because > the 1742B could handle it, where the 1742A could not, is a 1742B. You're confused. See above. There was no such thing as a 1742B. > I'm also pretty sure the "B" comes from the EISA configuration > capability that I had to read the serial number to the Adaptec people > so they could tell me if the card supported it, whereby I was able to > configure a non-standard translation mode to support larger drives > than would otherwise be possible on a 1742/1742A. That was supported on *all* boards that I'm aware of. At least it was on the 1740 that I had oh so long ago. :) Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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