Re: Cheap HVD SCSI cards for Suns ??

From: Rich Teer (rich.teer_at_rite-group.com)
Date: 02/24/04 

Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 01:33:08 GMT

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Dr. David Kirkby wrote:

> I know some people have used SCSI cards intended for the PC market in
> PCI based Suns and had them working okay? Has anyone done this this
> with a SCSI card for high-voltage-differential (HVD) ? Someone is
> selling some dual Sun HVD cards on eBay but they are fetching around
> $300, whereas there are some Adaptec ones for PCs for not much more
> than 10% of that price. I don't think normal (LVD) Adaptec cards work
> in Suns, so I doubt the HVD version will, but does anyone know of a
> cheap card that does?

They MIGHT work, but unless they have the necessary FCODE on them
(unlikely), you won't be able to boot from them (which may not be
an issue anyway). You might get more joy if you use the Mac version
(if there's sucha thing)...

HTH, 

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