Re: Qlogic 1040B

[Jan Lentfer <Jan.Lentfer@web.de>]

On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 12:38, Kelledin wrote:

> IIRC, the 1040B is a high-voltage differential (HVD) adapter.  
> SCSI is most commonly either single-ended (SCSI-1, SCSI-2, Ultra 
> SCSI) or low-voltage differential (Ultra2 or greater).  HVD was 
> a stop-gap standard between SE and LVD, and it's electrically 
> compatible with neither one.  HVD controllers only work with HVD 
> drives, and vice versa. :(
> 
> Just to confirm this, you can either look for a "SCSI DIFF" label 
> next to the card's external SCSI port, or look for an array of 
> eight yellow resistor packs--next to the external SCSI 
> port--running parallel to the internal SCSI connectors.  Either 
> one means you've got an HVD card.

Heck, this was something I didn't know :(
I found both items on the card.
I have a DEC Storage Bay lying around with 2 4.5GB disks. Any chance to
get that woring on the Qlogic?


Thanks,

Jan

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