MIKE ROSS wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 MR> "Roy J. Tellason" wrote to "MIKE ROSS" (25 Nov
02  04:09:30)  ---
 MR> on the topic of "Clean again"

 WC>  the Adaptec 1540 and

 MR> I'm using one and find it slow almost by half as a cheap IDE VLB...

 RJT> Using it for what?  There are definitely faster cards for HDD use,
 RJT> but in an ISA-only system it might be okay,  or for interfacing a
 RJT> scanner or other device and not HDDs...

 MR> It's an ISA and I have it running a 4x CD-W and a 16x CD-R. The HD
 MR> is on a typical VLB IDE. Maybe I setup the 1540's onboard bios
 MR> wrong but there's so little to go wrong since there's a sticker
 MR> with the switch settings on the foil side.

Oh really?  The one on mine must have fallen off or something before I got it...

 MR> I have it set to termination and syncro. Maybe it shouldn't? What 
 MR> are the optimal settings for SCSI as far as CD's are concerned?

Darned if I know,  I just kept trying different stuff until it worked.  :-)
 It's been a while since the last time I set up a SCSI cdrom anyhow.

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