#Zeos/Adaptec 6260???
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I'm thinking about getting a new Zeos PC clone. One option that this computer
has is a SCSI port that is supposedly an Adaptec 6260 card. I don't know much
about SCSI, but the sales guy (not particularly reliable) told me that it was
16 bit and SCSI-2 compatible. While Zeos makes great equipment, their sales
staff is not known for their knowledge or truthfulness, so I thought I'd ask
here: Does anyone have any experience using the Zeos optional SCSI port with a
CD-ROM drive? Are there any known problems with that card (assuming that it is
an Adaptec 6260)? Is the Adaptec 6260 16 bit and SCSI-2 compatible? Should I
pay the $49 that Zeos wants for this feature or spend it on some other SCSI
card? I don't yet have a CD-ROM drive yet but plan to get either a Toshiba or
Texel drive in the next week or so.
rb
I was under the impression that the $49 SCSI option was to enable their
local-bus SCSI port that's built into some of the motherboards. This SCSI bus
is not ASPI-compliant, and isn't exactly the best solution in the world… I
mean, it works great for hard drives, but not much else!
I haven't looked at ZEOS in a while, though, so I could be out-of-date…
Michael O'Connell, ICOM Simulations
The ZEOS SCSI is a full SCSI-2 implementation, in fact, the chip completely
mimics an Adaptec card. Several people in the ZEOS forum have had NO problems
attaching CD-ROM drives to the ZEOS SCSI, all they needed was an appropriate
SCSI driver (like CorelSCSI!)
Peter
I even attached (as an experiment to see if the chip was working) my old Apple
CD-ROM drive (Sony CDU-8001) and it ran flawlessly using the software supplied
in the box from ZEOS. I don't make any promises for any other devices (this
being PC-land), but I had no trouble.
-r
So the $49 package includes an ASPI driver? (or ZSPI driver? <grin>)
"So the $49 package includes an ASPI driver? (or ZSPI driver? <grin>)"
And more. It has drivers for unix and other arcana. <g>
The answers are yes, it does work, but you may need CorelSCSI 1.1 to make it
work. Post your query in the ZEOS (PCVENE) forum for more info.
Also, what is a ZEOS PC "clone"? Clone of what? PC manufacturers stopped
"cloning" IBM machines a long long time ago. Its now IBM that is "cloning"
PCs. 🙂
Peter