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Date:	Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:10:53 -0700
From:	scarter@vcnet.com
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: SCSI question

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Sandy:

The LSI Logic adapter mentioned below is good for what you want to do.
The ancient scanner needs nothing more, and the SCSI hard drive, used for
backup only and not booting, will be backwards compatible with all previous
SCSI standards. Also cabling will be cheaper and not as critical as with
newer SCSI. [I had to 'dumb-down' one channel of my two-channel, bootable
SCSI LSI host adapter to talk to my ancient HP IIcx scanner.]

I _may_ have a similar "spare" non-bootable adapter lying around somewhere,
unused. If you would like it (free), ask (offline only) and I'll look for it.
Don't wait too long, as I'm leaving for the summer and will soon be real
busy, then gone.

-- Steve

Cabling and termination are the two BIGGEST SCSI issues. Most SCSI problems
involve one or both of these issues.

++++++++++++++++++++++
Quoting Tom Brown :
> The LSI20810 is a SINGLE channel "Fast" narrow (7 devices, 8-bit bus)
> SCSI adapter with 50-pin internal and external connectors. It is ancient
> by today's standards (actually yesterday's, as most SCSI standards are).
> More info at:
> > http://www.lsi.com/obsolete/lsi20810lsi20811_2302.html?remote=1&locale=EN
>
> The Tekram adapter is in the same category. I May have a driver for that
> device somewhere (*IF* I can find it). I also have one of the cards
> that I got with a scanner years ago.
>
> If you need the driver, let me know, and I will search for it.
>
> Sandy Shapiro wrote:
> > In the process of trying out a new motherboard, I did something to my SCSI
> > adapter -- a LSI Logic Symbios sym20810.
> >
> > This adapter has an internal connector going to my removeable SCSI hard
> > drive -- non bootable -- for backups only, and an external connector that
> > goes to my HP Scanner.
> >
> > If nothing is connected, the computer boots fine and recognizes the
> > adapter. If my hard drive is connected, the computer hangs during the boot
> > process (I think just after loading HPFS.IFS). If the hard drive is
> > disconnected and the scanner is connected, it boots fine and recognizes
> > the scanner. But if I go to start PMSANE, I get a trap 0008 error.
> >
> > I thought I would try a different adapter, but all I have is a Tekram
> > DC-315, and the OS/2 driver I found -- TRM3X5.ADD -- doesn't load during
> > boot. Either I am not loading it right, or it is the wrong driver.
> >
> > Question:
> >
> > Is there a way to trouble shoot the LSI adapter?
> >
> > If not, is there an OS/2 driver available for the Tekram DC-315?
> >
> > If not, is there an adapter that someone could recommend. It has to
> > support the 50 pin SCSI cable that goes to my hard drive, and the external
> > connector I can't describe, but it goes to my ancient HP Scanner.
> > Thanks, Sandy
>
> -- Tom Brown, Catherder
> thombrown at san dot rr dot com
> =====================================================

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