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From: gjn@cs.uq.oz.au (Geoff Newton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard,comp.os.386bsd.questions,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux,aus.computers,aus.computers.ibm-pc
Subject: [Q] PAS-16,SCSI,dos,unix
Summary: [Q] anyone with experience with PAS-16 SCSI and dos and unix
Keywords: pro audio spectrum,scsi,dos,linux,386bsd,unix,sound,soundcard
Message-ID: <15392@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>
Date: 13 Sep 93 23:51:12 GMT
Sender: news@cs.uq.oz.au
Reply-To: gjn@cs.uq.oz.au
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
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Hi fellow netters,

I am looking at getting a soundcard/cd-rom for my pc.
I am also looking at supporting SCSI.
I run dos and 386bsd on the same pc with 245 and 520 meg IDE drives.

I was looking at a PAS-16 with SCSI interface.  Has anybody succeeded in
plugging SCSI disks and/or tape units into the SCSI interface ?

I presume that the SCSI is SCSI-1.  If I later buy a dedicated SCSI card,
such as an adaptec 1542 or whatever, is it possible to disable the SCSI
on the sound card (or even use both SCSI sources) ?

Has anyone on 386bsd (or linux) had any experience with this sort of card?

Is the SCSI fast enough (throughput) for usable disks, I seem to recall
reading that it was only 8-bit.

How bad does performance suffer if the sound card is not playing "sounds" ?
What about if it is ?

Any other suggestions for soundcards/cd-roms.
I liked the PAS-16, cause it supported SCSI and the cdrom looked like it
was a decent one.  But crumbs, for $1700 (aus) for the kit, it would wanta be.

Any help appreciated,

gjn
Geoff Newton
gjn@cs.uq.oz.au