James Kerr <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >I have a scanner that requires a SCSI II card. Am considering an upgrade of > >my motherboard to one that has an onboard UW SCSI controller. Can anyone > >advise me if the scanner that specs. call for scsi2 would work with this > >controller or would I need to add in a scsi 2 card. > > > >TIA > > You could get an adapter to be able to connect your scanner to the UW bus, > but for a little more money I would get a cheap host adapter for the scanner > alone, and leave it off the UW bus completely, you don't want that sucker > slowing down your disk access if you paid a bunch of money for a UW HD. Just > my $0.02 Putting a narrow device on a wide bus does NOT slow down the other peripherals. This is a common misconception. Thje SCSI controller will negotiate the transfer rate individually with each device. -- Russ Poffenberger Engineering Specialist Schlumberger Technologies ATE DOMAIN: [log in to unmask] 1601 Technology Drive CIS: 72401,276 San Jose, Ca. 95110 Voice: (408)437-5254 FAX: (408)437-5246