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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: [Q] Multiple 2940's in 2.1.0
Date: 16 May 1996 12:06:16 GMT
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roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert) wrote:

> >   Could   I also add  an  adaptec 1540
> > controller for CD-ROM and  Tape with the two  PCI SCSI controllers in the
> > same system?
> 
> With two SCSI controller, why would you need to add a third one ? Just hook
> the tape or the CD on one of the SCSI controllers...
> 
> Anyway, of course you can have three SCSI controllers in one machine :-)

...except that the 1540 will require bounce buffers if there's more
than 16 MB of RAM.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
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