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Re: Adaptacrap 1542C vs 1520B



Christopher C. Chimelis (chris@debian.org) wrote:

> On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Ron Farrer wrote:
> 
> > What would work better in an Alpha; an Adaptacrap 1542C or 1520B? 
> 
> Don't think either work.  I tried an Adaptec 1542C in the past and it
> never worked due to horrid dma/memory mapping and, from what I understand,
> it's not fixable.
> 
> I haven't tried the 1520B, but I'm assuming it's more of the same.  In my
> experience, it's much better to get a PCI SCSI adapter (I've got a Tekram
> 390F...only like $70).

That's what I was afraid of... I am looking for something ISA because I
only have one PCI slot free, and about four ISA. It's only for a scanner, 
TZ87 tape drive and *possibly* a CD-ROM and CD-R later down the road. 

I'm open to other suggestions? 


Thanks,

Ron
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