Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 10:58:47 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI card to choose Message-ID: <199712141758.KAA02306@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199712141608.RAA27417@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> References: <199712141608.RAA27417@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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> > > Huh? Adaptec give their drivers away with their hardware, just like > > > everyone else. > > > > Not really. You have to buy them if you want drivers for anything but > > hard-disks, ie; CD-ROM support. > > My Adaptecs (1542, 2940) came with those drivers (HD, CD-ROM, > even for removable media such as MO drives) and a bunch of > tools for partitioning, formatting and verifying drives, a > simple CD audio player, and other stuff I never needed. Mind didn't. Which version did you buy, cause the 1542B did *NOT* come with them by default, since you had to buy EZ-SCSI separately. :( (Although, back then Adaptec provided an 'upgrade' on their ftp site which was a simple lzh archive which would give you the newest versions of the software, which I use to read the CD on my 10MB RAMDISK that I create from a DOS boot floppy. :) > Of course, the bulk versions of the adapters don't come with > those drivers -- that's why they're called "bulk". This wasn't a 'bulk driver', but the 'standard' retail package for the card that I bought. You *can* buy the card with drivers, but as stated Adaptec charges more for the card with the drivers than w/out, hence proving the original assertion that Adaptec does indeed charge for their drivers. Nate
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