Subject: Re: Decent SCSI card for AlphaStation 200?
To: Ross Harvey <ross@teraflop.com>
From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
List: port-alpha
Date: 08/31/1999 22:55:58
As Ross Harvey wrote ...
> > From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
> >
> > As Ross Harvey wrote ...
> > > > From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
> > > > As Ross Harvey wrote ...
...
> > Beware: the KZPSA-BB (I have one here) uses a 53C720 chip. And it is an
> > intelligent card, sporting an i960 cpu etc. Not your run of the mill
> > ncr card. Needs a special driver. And it is a long card, so check if
> > it will fit in your case (CPU heatsinks come to mind).
> >
> > Mine is available for trade BTW. So if someone is interested drop me a line.
>
> Hmm, one of us made a part number error. What's the part number of the
> plain differential card? The card I bought was very simple, not even any
> termination. (You plug an external terminator directly on the PCI bracket
> connector if you only have internal drives.) It didn't have really anything
> on the pci card except an NCR (fast wide differential) chip, and it was a
> small card, too.
Whatever it is, it is not a KZPSA-BB. Mine is sitting next to me ;)
I am not aware of any other differential adapter, except the KZPBA-CB
(which is an isp chip) supplied by DEC.
Wilko
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