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"John D. Penberthy" <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 18 Mar 1999 02:41:36 -0500
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>> I recently just won a handful of differential SCSI drives and a QLogic
>> Differential Card.
>>
>> My question is, can I have both a regular AND a differential controller
in
>> the same computer?  (Hooking up, of course, the differential items to the
>> diff controller, etc.)
>>
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>I believe that this should work as long as the differential peripherals are
>attached to the differential card. The trick would be to get both cards to
>work (i.e.. as long as you have enough resources, irq's  etc.). By no means
>should you attach the differential scsi to the reg. scsi card because the
>grounding scheme is different and will fry your reg. scsi devices. I have
>never tried this though, and I would like to know if it works. Best of
Luck.
>


Well, if I were to use both I would disable IDE, saving two IRQ's.  We'll
see if everyoine can "get along" in a week or so.

John

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