From: guyd@austin.ibm.com (Guy Dawson)
Subject: Re: Help adding a SCSI Drive
Originator: guyd@pal500.austin.ibm.com
Organization: IBM Austin
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A couple of points :-

In article <1993Apr22.094851.27323@physchem.ox.ac.uk>, mark@physchem.ox.ac.uk (Mark Jackson) writes:
> 
> In article <1993Apr19.195301.27872@oracle.us.oracle.com>, ebosco@us.oracle.com (Eric Bosco) writes:
> > 
> > 1- Buy a SCSI contoler.  Which one? I know Adaptec is good, but they are  
> > kind of expensive.  Are there any good boards in the $100 region? I want  
> > it to be compatible with OS2 and Unix if possible.  Also, I have seen on  
> > the net that there are SCSI and SCSI2 drives. Is this true? Does the  
> > adapter need to be the same as the drive? What type of drive is the  
> > quantum?
> 
> 
> I have tried others, but I think that the Adaptec is best value for money.

I have an Adaptec 1542B and am very happy with it.

> 
> 
> > 2- connect the drive to the adapter via a SCSI cable and the power cable.
> > Do i have to worry about the power supply? I think I have 200 watts and  
> > all I'm powering are two floppies and the seagate drive.
> 
> 
> I dont think you can mix the two types of drive, unless you have one of the
> SCSI/IDE cards that is available.  You will have to turn your IDE off.

Not so! I have both IDE and an Adaptec1542B in the same box and can use both
disks at the same time, eg. IDE to SCSI disk copy.

> 
> > Well that seems to be all. Is there anythiing I'm forgetting? 
> > Any help is *really* appreciated, I'm lost...
> > 
> > -Eric
> > 
> > ebosco@us.oracle.com
> -- 
> Mark 
> ______________________________________________________________________________
> mark@uk.ac.ox.physchem

Well, one statement and one correction!

Guy
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