Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!sgiblab!sdd.hp.com!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!frmug.fr.net!pern.frmug.fr.net!jmm73 From: jmm73@pern.frmug.fr.net (Jean-Michel MERCIER) Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Subject: Re: Real SCSI-2 on SB-16 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 1 Mar 94 22:11:44 +0100 References: <19940224.094251.883@almaden.ibm.com> Organization: Where the Dragons and then Knights live (Private node) Lines: 27 In <19940224.094251.883@almaden.ibm.com> mbowen@vnet.IBM.COM writes: > Ok, so much for salesman advice. I just got off the Phone with Creative >Labs Tech Support. The ONLY difference between the SB-16 SCSI-2 and a >dedicated SCSI-2 card is that you can not boot from a device connected to the >SB-16. Not quite true (this is a salesman "simplification") The point is true. You cannot boot from a SB16 because there is no boot prom on it. The other point is that the SB16 is similar to the Adaptec AHA1510. The low-end card from Adaptec (about $100 I think if still in the market...). It is quite sufficient for CDROM, tape drives, MO should work also with complementary drivers from Adaptec. Sufficient also for Syquest/Bernouilli used as backup medias. But a bit to slow for comfortable use of a hard drive. -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | another post from : Jean-Michel MERCIER jmm73@pern.frmug.fr.net | | PERN : Where the Dragons and the Knights live | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Please, no email >100Ko without permission (I pay hot for it) | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+