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From: jca@bighorn.accessnv.com (J.C. Archambeau)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: aha 1522A today, 2940UW a month later
Date: 7 Jan 1997 18:44:38 GMT
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J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote:

: jca@bighorn.accessnv.com (J.C. Archambeau) wrote:

: > Most likely yes, you will have to backup and reformat the drive.  I
: > suspect the 1522A and the 2940UW have differing translation schemes.

: Not necessarily.  I'm not sure about the 1522, but if it allows for
: ``DOS > 1 GB'' translation (63 sectors per virtual track, 256 virtual
: heads), it should also work with the AHA2940.

Yea, but you would be willing to go to a local casino on it?  True, it
may work without reformatting, but it isn't something I'd bet on
especially since the 1522 and 2940 use different Adaptec SCSI AICs.  :)
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