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From: jmm73@pern.frmug.fr.net (Jean-Michel MERCIER)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: Real SCSI port on SoundBlaster 16???
Message-ID: <7dWctAUEBh107h@pern.frmug.fr.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 94 22:39:39 +0100
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In <1994Feb23.135001.12343@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (Fred McCall) writes:
>KJ Sullivan (kj@solbourne.com) wrote:
>: Has anyone bought the SoudBlaster 16 with the SCSI port???

>: Is it a real SCSI port??  Can I hook up my SCSI-1 hard drives to it??
>: What software does it come with??  EZ-SCSI??

>Yes, it's a real SCSI-II port using Adaptec hardware.  You can hook
>your hard drives to it, but you will need to boot from somewhere else
>as the one thing they didn't include was a boot PROM.  It comes with
>EZ-SCSI v2.0.

It is recognized by Adaptec software as a AHA1510 adapter. That is
a low performance card.
It is good for CDROM, magneto-optical drives or slow removable
devices.
But it is a bit slow for connecting a high performance HD.

Be carefull that EZ-SCSI V2.X doesn't recognize MO drives, only
any hard-drives, most of CD-ROMS, Syquest and Bernouilli.

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