#No Shadows!
Hey, John, Cool off! don't get pissed off! People, like myself read
these messages and will get the idea that almost all the Adp. cards
will work > 1G. drives. This is not so unless one rigs them with
3rd party drivers or in some cases optional bios. They do indeed
make a few cards that do and you happened to have these. I happen to
have several here I carry for customers and since I'm in the business
of selling these I have to be aware of what is possible and what is
not. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings on this but I have been on
the receiving end of false claims and have had to return product
because a salesman misled me. Like "well it does but you have to buy
COREL SCSI PRO." Have you ever bought that? I found out after the
fact that to get the Adaptec card to go greater than 1G. I'd have to
buy a $495 software pack for a $99 card. And, I didn't mean to jump
on anybody who supports that product either. The 1542 does by itself
and only costs $300. And this is what pisses me off. Misleading
statements by sales people. I certainly didn't intend to piss you
off. I only wanted to point out, in your uncertainty, that Adaptec
does indeed make cards that do not support the > 1 G. drives. And
that to be sure one needs to be specific as to the specs on each
card. I knew that you were unsure and I respect that you are not
the type of individual that would arbitrarily use terms like never,
all, unless you were very sure of yourself.
Let's get on with our work, I know I have to and if you feel my suggestions are
wasting time here then I respect your opinion and will refrain from jumping in
in the future. I could have had another 16 megs of ram for what I spent on
threads like this in the past year! Now I'm beginning to wonder about my
business sanity! <G>
See ya!
Don