[TriLUG] SCSI

[William Sutton via TriLUG]

my 2940 U2W device was still working a couple years ago under 32-bit 
Gentoo.

William Sutton

On Wed, 27 Sep 2017, Scott Chilcote via TriLUG wrote:

> Hi Brian,
>
> Last October I had the opportunity to test three randomly selected old
> SCSI host adapters on my Linux desktop system, which had Ubuntu Xenial
> 16.04 installed.  This system also has a Windows 7 SP1 partition, so I
> tried them on that too. 
> The tests were courtesy of TriLUG's Wes Garrison, who supplied the
> adapters. 
>
> In a nutshell, two of the three worked fine on Xenial.
>
>    SCSI host adapter: Adaptec 7850T
>    Linux: fully supported. Driver: AiC 7XXX.
>    Win7: No driver, base config or auto-installed
>    After some digging I found that Adaptec's new owner (MicroSemi)
>    claims to support this card under 32 bit Win7.  The link for this
>    was broken, however.  I have 64 bit, so meh.
>
>    SCSI host adapter: Diamond Fireport
>    Linux: Fully supported.  Driver LSI Logic 53C875J.
>    Win7: No driver, base config or auto-installed
>
>    SCSI host adapter: BusLogic
>    Linux: No driver found.  "lspci -v" reports card as National
>    Semiconductor SCSI Adapter Device ID 0000.
>    Win7: No driver, base config or auto-installed
>
> I have also tested an LSI Logic LSIU80ALVD Ultra2 LVD host adapter on
> Xenial, that's the board that I used up until it died last October
> (requiring that I hunt for a replacement).  It worked great, but was not
> supported in Windows 7 either.
>
> I remember being particularly annoyed when I upgraded my windows
> partition from XP to 7.  My SCSI adapter worked great on XP, but there
> was no driver available for 7.  I have a great HP flatbed scanner that
> also plays music using its stepper motor.  It's all I need the host
> adapter for any  more. 
>
> I wonder how many fully operational hardware devices wind up in
> landfills because a commercial OS manufacturer arbitrarily decided to
> stop recognizing their drivers?  Hurray Linux!
>
>    Scott C.
>
>
> On 09/27/2017 11:29 AM, Brian Grawburg via TriLUG wrote:
>> I'm looking at buying a 35mm file scanner (Nikon Coolscan iii) that uses a SCSI connection. They include an adpatec card with the unit -- should I expect any problem?
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>> Brian Grawburg
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>> Wilson
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>> Sent from a PC running Debian 7, 64-bit Linux and LibreOffice. (No one needs to use MS Office!)
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> -- 
> Scott Chilcote
> scottchilcote at ncrrbiz.com
> Cary, NC USA
>
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