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From: bjork@telebit.com (Steven Bjork)
Subject: Re: Bad Motherboard, was Re: Adaptec 1542b "hangs"
Message-ID: <1992Dec4.151417.10943@telebit.com>
Summary: RTFM, careful testing
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In article <3530@carroll1.cc.edu> sander@carroll1.cc.edu (Scott Anderson) writes:
>Then what is the best scsi controller for 386bsd?  
>Kinda important seeing as I haven't purchased my to-be unix box 386dx-40.
>Thanks.

The 1542b *is* a good controller, since it's a DMA master.
Just verify that your motherboard can correctly handle the
demands that high-speed DMA places upon the system.

The problems folks have are *not* with the 1542b, but
with other parts of their systems. For instance, the
recent post complaining that their floppy no longer works--
well, I'll bet the person didn't read the Fine manual :).
Since the 1542b has an on-board floppy controller that
by default, shows up as controller zero, by just 
plugging the 1542b in with factory default jumper settings,
the floppy controller on the 1542b is overlapping the
existing floppy controller already installed in their
system. Thus, a no longer working floppy being blamed
on the Adaptec controller.

--Steven