Whats the difference between Adaptecs...

[Larry Snyder]

sanand at sp90.uucp writes:

>> 	Can anyone tell me what the difference is between Adaptec's 1542A and
>> 1542B SCSI controllers is?  I am planning on using one of them in an ACMA
>> 386/20 system with a Maxtor SCSI drive.  I have heard of problems with the bus
>> Kevin W. Rudd
>> Sequent Computer Systems
>> 

>I am not sure of all the differences, but the major one is that "B" has
>a floppydisk controller, "A" doesn't. I run the "B" with a Maxtor, so far
>(touch wood) no problems.

Wrong - both the 1542A and the 1542B has a floppy controller - the
1540 family doesn't have the floppy controller build on the board.


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