From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 16 17:34:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA20292 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 16 May 1996 17:34:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA20278 for ; Thu, 16 May 1996 17:34:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from LOCALHOST (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA28705; Thu, 16 May 1996 17:38:18 -0700 Message-Id: <199605170038.RAA28705@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu: Host LOCALHOST didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.4 10/10/95 To: tpalmer@riverdale.edu (Tim Palmer) Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940 & 1542 In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 16 May 1996 08:41:42 BST." cc: Questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 17:38:18 -0700 From: Doug White Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Why 2 SCSI cards indeed - the only reason is the 2940 has only the > 68(?) pin wide SCSI external connector, and I figured a free 1542 would be > cheaper than a cable to make the connector transition to DB25 or > centronics-type devices. This machine is running other operating systems, > and I like my Zip drive. This connector thing is rather silly, really. Huh. I don't claim to be a SCSI expert either, especially on new hardware. > I have to say that I remain confused about the various SCSI > variants - my hard drive is a Seagate 32550, which Seagate calls fast/wide. > Where does UltraWide fit in? I would have no clue. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major