From: dobbs@ast.saic.com (Lynn) Subject: Re: Suitable SCSI CDROM, HD & ADAPTEC 1542C Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 00:54:23 GMT
tpm@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Tim Monks) chanted:
>
>Ian Parkin (rgrant) (iparkin@iris.bt.co.uk) wrote:
>: I plan to use an Adaptec 1542C controller, a Fujitsu HD and a CDROM of some kind ( possibly a Toshiba ).
>: Does anyone have any recommendations for such pieces of kit ? Is it worth trying to
>: track down a 1542B board ?
>
>Hi, sorry not to have answers, only another q....
>what is the difference between a 1542b and 1542c?
>
The Fujitsu M2266 1.2G drive seems NOT to work although I did get mail
from someone who claimed it does.
The difference between the b and c version is minimal as I understand
it. The 1542c adds boot up rom based diagnostics.
Lynn
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