Adaptec AHA-2920 PCI SCSI host adapter? supported?
Derrik Pates (dpates@Cavern.NMSU.Edu)
Sat, 15 Feb 1997 23:16:38 -0700 (MST)
I've heard people trying to get AHA-2940 series PCI SCSI host adapters
working, but I have not heard whether or not the AHA-2920 SCSI host
adapter is supported. I believe it uses an AIC-7800-series controller
chip, but I'd like to hear from anyone who has gotten one to work/found
that it doesn't work/has anything else useful to tell me. I want to get a
Zip drive, but I flat refuse to buy a parallel port Zip drive - it's just
too damn slow, and I want a good SCSI host adapter that will be compatible
with most anything I put onto the SCSI bus. Also, if there's something
better - this IS a single user machine, my personal box at home - PLEASE,
by all means, suggest it. I don't want to spend over $200 for a SCSI host
adapter, if I can get away with it. I can get this one for about $130, and
it seems like a good deal. TIA for any feedback anyone can give me.
P.S.: The problem I was having with "Block on freelist XXXXXXXX isn't
free" went away after reinstalling my Slackware base packages - I has made
the stupid mistake of trying to run the X font server from inetd, and that
only screwed things up. Thanks to the people who dropped suggestions my
way, but it is now fixed.
Derrik Pates
dpates@cavern.nmsu.edu
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