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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940 + Quantum HD
Date: 27 Jun 1996 00:42:19 -0500
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Reto Burkhalter (BORKI@zug.use.ch) wrote:
: But a dealer recently told me that Adaptec and Quantum 
: together causes problems. Can anyone report his experiences 
: with this combination?? 

I've had to reduce the transfer speed on a 2940W to my quantum drive.  I
may have had to turn off wide & syncronous negotiations too.  I think
the transfer speed ended up at about 5Mb rather than the default 20.

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Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....