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Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 19:32:19 +0100
From: se@freebsd.org (Stefan Esser)
To: joe@via.net (Joe McGuckin)
Cc: hardware@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Symbios (NCR) '875 SCSI card question...
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On Jan 25, joe@via.net (Joe McGuckin) wrote:
> 
> This PCI card has 3 connectors - or which any 2 may be used at 
> the same time.
> 
> I connected a WIDE drive to one internal connector, and a chain
> of narrow drives to the external WIDE connector (using a wide to 
> narrow adaptor cable).
> 
> With both sets of drives connected, the board cannot probe out any
> drives. If I disconnect either the internal WIDE drive or the external 
> narrow drives, the card will probe out the remaining drives that are 
> connected.
> 
> Has anyone else seen this behavoir?

I wouldn't trust the WIDE to NARROW adapter.

Is it possible to connect the external devices
to the internal 8bit connector directly ?

Regards, STefan