At 10:58 AM 11/22/99 +1300, you wrote:
> >
> > I am looking to purchase a SCSI adapter. First I will use it for
> > scanning (UMAX
> > Astra 610S DB25 interface) and in the future Zip drive, and who
> > knows what after
> > that (probably not hard drives...well not very soon so the Ultra
> > and Ultra Wide
> > are not necessary).
> >
> > I've seen an Adaptec 2906 (PCI, DB25 external, maybe 50 pin internal, not
> > sure). Anyone have experience with this? I don't want to boot
> > into Windows just
> > to scan.
>
>I'm very happy with my Adaptec 2940UW. Bear in mind that if you put a slow
>SCSI device (e.g. a 10MBps SCSI-2 one) on the same adapter that you run your
>10,000rpm UW LVD Seagate Cheetahs off, your SCSI setup will drop down to the
>speed of the slowest device, AFAIK.
>
>-- Juha
I too, am using a 2940UW and a 2940U in my Linux boxes (Firewall-Router and
Server) but have installed a 2906 in a nt4.0 workstation that is connected
to the Linux network. It uses the same drivers as the 2940U and is
connected to a HP 4P scanner and a Exabyte 2501 QIC Tape drive. It has both
internal and external ( DB25) connectors which may be used simultaneously
or alone. The big difference is that it does not allow boot time
configuration using the Ctrl A setup utility as does the 2940 series. Setup
is done with the SCSI Select utility furnished on a 3.5" disc with the
adaptor. It allows basically the same parameter selections as does the
built in config utility used with the 2940. This utility run under DOS
allows selection of auto term, disconnect, etc.
--palmer
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