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From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com>
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To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: Adaptec AHA-2940-UW support
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Doug White wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 14 Mar 1997, Carl Makin wrote:
> 
> >
> > Can anyone give me some experiences, good and bad, in using the AHA2940UW
> > PCI adaptor under 2.1.7 and 2.2?
> >
> > We're currently putting together a spec for a PC to take some services off
> > several AIX boxes (mail, news, ftp, listproc etc).  THe 2940UW seems to be
> > the best SCSI controller.
> 
> AFAIK, they work fine.  Just steer clear of the 2940A revs, they are
> inferior cards.  Ultra-wide may be overkill for you if you don't have
> devices that use it.


I have 2 Compaq's with 2940UW installed. 1 runs IDE for disk (tape,
cdrom and
a Syquest are currently on it), the other has 2 wide drives in it. Both
are 
running 2.1.7, and I haven't had any problems at all.

When I get the money to upgrade my home SCSI controller (a 1542B), I'm
leaning
toward the 2940UW. Plan for the future. It's not that much more than a
2940U.
May as well.

Paul.

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