Subject: Re: What SCSI controller?
To: None <mmead@vt.edu>
From: Michael L. VanLoon -- Iowa State University <michaelv@HeadCandy.com>
List: current-users
Date: 08/15/1994 01:43:28
>> I think your only viable option is the BusLogic bt445s. If you have
>> an EISA or PCI bus, use a model for those instead (bt747s, bt946c, or
>> a NCR810 controller). But if you only have ISA+VLB, go for the
>> bt445s.
> So that's a BusLogic 445s. Is that board going to work ok? I
>administrate a machine which has problems with a BusLogic (I think)
>controller, and am hoping it will start working with 1.0 :-) Thanks again...
There are tons of people using them, sucessfully. I don't know why it
wouldn't work. Of course, they might act flakey under 0.9. Also, VLB
is a *very* loose "standard", and it may be your motherboard, also.
(Try moving it to a different slot, for one possible solution.)
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