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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?
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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