Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 21:26:05 +0200 From: Rob Schofield <schofiel@xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Recomended ISA SCSI Cards Message-ID: <353BA14D.1F49@xs4all.nl> References: <199804201726.KAA01852@ryouko.nas.nasa.gov> <353B870B.C27F99AD@tdx.co.uk>
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Karl Pielorz wrote: > I have a 1542 - but I've seen theres problems with bounce-buffers and stuff > on the 1542 - I was looking to moving away from it if I can... This is not applicable if you are talking about a motherboard with a shared PCI/ISA bus bridge setup, and a decent bios. What version of the 1542 are you talking here, A, B or C? Or OEM flavours? > > > Real recommendation: get a PCI motherboard, they're cheap. > > The board allready is a PCI motherboard, I've just about got 1 PCI slot free > - but I'd rather not waste it on a PCI SCSI card when all it's running is a > Zip drive... Err... to be honest, you're probably gonna spend more money on buying (and time setting up) a SCSI card, plus the in-line terminator you'll need, and the type A SCSI 1 -> Apple DB25 connector adaptor. Surely you are better off selling on the ZIP and buying either the parallel port version (setup in seconds, uses a printer cable) or going for the ZIP Plus+ (Uuurgghh who thought that one up) drive, which gives you best of both worlds. And yes, since you ask, I have just done *EXACTLY* that - spot the idiot speaking from experience... Rob Schofield To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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