Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 15:31:50 -0500 From: Randall Hopper <rhh@ct.picker.com> To: "K. Marsh" <durang@u.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Iomega zip-zoom scsi accelerator not supported? Message-ID: <19970316153150.39048@ct.picker.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.A32.3.95.970316121726.7691B-100000@goodall.u.washington.edu>; from K. Marsh on Sun, Mar 16, 1997 at 12:29:13PM -0800 References: <19970316145148.58179@ct.picker.com> <Pine.A32.3.95.970316121726.7691B-100000@goodall.u.washington.edu>
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K. Marsh: |On Sun, 16 Mar 1997, Randall Hopper wrote: |> SCSI ZIP works fine with FreeBSD. I own one myself and have it hanging of |> an NCR SC-200 (53C810) SCSI board. Its just another SCSI device, and the |> SCSI ZIP's performance is very nice. |>>>SNIP<<< | |I suppose my problem has been that I got the Iomega-recommened zip-zoom |scsi accelerator for my zip drive. (it's an Adaptec AVA-1502e.) | |I see that the Adaptec AVA-1505 *is* supported. Is there any plan to |support the 1502e? Are they essentially the same? | |If not, can anyone recommend a low-budget scsi adapter that is supported? |I really need my zip drive to work with FreeBSD so I can backup and |upgrade to 2.1.7. Can't speak to the Adaptec cards, but the NCR/SymBios 53C810 cards are pretty inexpensive. Seems like I picked my SC-200 up a year ago for the $70-$80 ballpark. A real deal considering a ZIP is ~$170. Randall Hopper
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