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Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 12:47:07 -0400
From: Wilson MacGyver <macgyver@db-net.com>
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Michael Smith wrote:
> The 7880, the "original" chip on the 2940 card, can track 16 of these
> structures without requiring any help, allowing for up to 16
> simultaneous SCSI transactions; a fairly comfortable number.
> 
> The 7860 on the newer 2940's can only track three.  There is support
> (the SCBPAGING option) for shuffling among these three to handle more
> simultaneous transactions, but obviously this requires more work on
> the part of the driver.

So does all adptect 2940 use the 7860 now? I was getting ready to buy a
5-6
of them, as well as several motherboards that has it built-in.

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Wilson MacGyver   macgyver@db-net.com
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