From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Mar 22 16:26:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA15161 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 16:26:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from phaeton.artisoft.com (phaeton.Artisoft.COM [198.17.250.211]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA15155 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 16:26:32 -0800 (PST) Received: (from terry@localhost) by phaeton.artisoft.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id RAA03625; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 17:18:47 -0700 From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199603230018.RAA03625@phaeton.artisoft.com> Subject: Re: Crash advice needed (long) APPENDIX A To: CombsSF@salem.ge.com Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 17:18:47 -0700 (MST) Cc: nate@sri.MT.net, terry@lambert.org, hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Stephen F. Combs" at Mar 22, 96 05:58:06 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Sorry Guys, I started with a 1542A (circa 1989) with internal AND external > devices. I'm useing a CF now, but I've used 1542A's, 1542B's, AND > 1542CF's. [ ... ] > > > Using both busses is not a problem for the CF; the C and prior can > > > only successfully use the internal or the external unless there is > > > a modification (invloving a capacitor and a resistor soldered on near > > > the external connector). > > > > Bzzt. Thanks for playing, but no dice. I've run my 1542B (which was > > *very* much prior to the C model) with internal/external devices since a > > month after I got it. I updated to the most recent BIOS revsion before > > I did that, but I've had no problems that have been due to my board. > > It's worked flawlessly running SCSI-I and SCSI-II disks, tapes, and CD's > > externally. (Though I haven't yet stuck a scanner on it. That'll be > > the next project. :) Maybe it was just the C, then? Help! Rod! 8-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.