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Re: NCR53c7,8xx vs. NCR53C8XX
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rich Shepard)
Wed Oct 21 12:33:11 1998
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 09:36:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
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On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Cimarron Ryan wrote:
> When running xconfig there are two items in the SCSI low-level drivers
> section that confuse me. They are the NCR53c7,8xx and NCR53C8XX items.
> (I have the diamond fireport 40 scsi adapter.) Why are these items
> mutually exclusive (i.e. selecting y to one disables the other)? Why
> are both included, and why do they have different options?
My understanding is that the exclusive 8XX driver is the more modern.
That's what I'm using with my NCR adapter and it works flawlessly. The
other is primarily for the older series with some of the newer series'
features.
Rich
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