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From: rommel@ars.muc.de (Kai Uwe Rommel)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.unix.osf.osf1
Subject: Re: Driver for Adaptec 274xT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <2ceaa12f.jonas@jonas.ars.muc.de>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 93 23:34:59 MET
References: <1993Nov9.163202.2387@chpc.org> <2ce69c53.jonas@jonas.ars.muc.de> <CGIqME.48K@rahul.net>
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Keywords: scsi adaptec driver
X-Posting-Software: UUPC/extended 1.11z inews (03Oct93 23:52)
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lps@rahul.net (Kevin Martinez) writes in article <CGIqME.48K@rahul.net>:
>In <2ce69c53.jonas@jonas.ars.muc.de> rommel@ars.muc.de (Kai Uwe Rommel) writes:
>
>>heas@chpc.org (Heas) writes in article <1993Nov9.163202.2387@chpc.org>:
>>>hi all,
>>>I am looking for a PD driver for an Adaptec 274x[T] EISA SCSI card. 
>>>This is the new 2 channel + floppy SCSI card which replaces the 174x.  It
>>>features a new 29 bit RISC based processor.
>>                ^^^^^^
>>Are you sure about this? :-)
>
>According to Adaptec docs, it is a 29 bit sequencer or state machine.

However, that's not a 29-bit processor, or am I wrong?

Kai Uwe Rommel

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