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    From Alex@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 22 18:22:22 2025
    As header says looking for a working adapter to replace my “corvette.”
    Any on offer?

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  • From Alex@21:1/5 to Louis Ohland on Wed Apr 23 05:56:41 2025
    Louis Ohland <[email protected]> wrote:
    Location, location, location...

    Yes, you could run a Cheetah as RAID 0, running just one drive. Is that
    what you envision happening?

    Fast/Wide Streaming RAID Adapter/A https://www.ardent-tool.com/RAID/Cheetah.html

    You will need a SurePath system or a Flash based complex. If this is perplexing, just tell me what system will you be running the Cheetah on?

    Alex wrote:

    As header says looking for a working adapter to replace my “corvette.” >> Any on offer?



    PC Server 95.
    Think will stick with passplay

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  • From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to Alex on Wed Apr 23 06:56:34 2025
    It appears that RAID 0 single drive MIGHT be supported on the Passplay.

    Note the Passplay and DAC960M ADFs are similar. But the DAC960M directly supports Int13. I'd say there is a good possumbility you could add the
    "INT 13 Support" section from @8F6C.ADF to @8FBB.ADF .

    But we don't know for sure.

    Processor Complex Sub-Model Matrix https://www.ardent-tool.com/complex/matrix.html

    submodel
    0B4h ??? should be 44h? N in 95A
    42h N in 8595
    46h T4 in 8595
    43h N in 90 ?
    45h T4 in 90 ?
    44h N in 95A
    47h T4 in 95A

    Fast/Wide RAID Controller
    "Passplay" and Mylex DAC960M

    https://www.ardent-tool.com/RAID/Passplay.html

    Readme for FWSR Option Disks
    https://www.ardent-tool.com/RAID/4227110.txt

    INT 13 Support:

    If the boot device is connected to the IBM SCSI-2 Fast/Wide Streaming
    RAID Adapter/A make sure that the INT 13 support of the Streaming-RAID Adapter/A is enabled. INT 13 support can be enabled/disabled during
    system setup time by selecting

    - Set configuration
    - Change configuration
    - and pressing F6.

    Systems that support boot from devices connected to the Streaming-RAID
    Adapter, the INT 13 support will be automatically set to enabled during
    system configuration. INT 13 support will be automatically set to
    disabled in systems that do not support boot from the Streaming-RAID
    Adapter/A and may not boot properly from other devices if it is set to
    enabled.

    @8FBB.ADF IBM Fast/Wide RAID Controller "Passplay" https://www.ardent-tool.com/adapters/adf/@8fbb.adf

    @8F6C.ADF DAC960M RAID Adapter https://www.ardent-tool.com/adapters/adf/@8f6c.adf


    "INT 13 Support"
    "Enable / disable INT13 support. This provides limited support for
    BIOS INT 13 function calls and is required if boot devices are
    connected to RAID Adapter."

    if ((submodel eq 0B4h) or (submodel eq 42h) or (submodel eq 46h)
    or (submodel eq 43h) or (submodel eq 45h)
    or (submodel eq 44h) or (submodel eq 47h) ) {
    choice "Enabled " pos[2]=1XXXXXXXb
    choice "Disabled" pos[2]=0XXXXXXXb
    }
    else {
    choice "Disabled" pos[2]=0XXXXXXXb
    choice "Enabled " pos[2]=1XXXXXXXb
    }



    Alex wrote:
    Louis Ohland <[email protected]> wrote:
    Location, location, location...

    Yes, you could run a Cheetah as RAID 0, running just one drive. Is that
    what you envision happening?

    Fast/Wide Streaming RAID Adapter/A
    https://www.ardent-tool.com/RAID/Cheetah.html

    You will need a SurePath system or a Flash based complex. If this is
    perplexing, just tell me what system will you be running the Cheetah on?

    Alex wrote:

    As header says looking for a working adapter to replace my “corvette.” >>> Any on offer?



    PC Server 95.
    Think will stick with passplay


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