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From: kotsines@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (T. Kotsines)
Subject: Re: SCSI vs. IDE
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In article <IISAKKIL.93Apr23125341@beta.hut.fi> iisakkil@beta.hut.fi (Mika Iisakkila) writes:
>randy@msc.cornell.edu writes:
>>Do all SCSI cards for DOS systems require a separate device driver to
>>be loaded into memory for each SCSI device hooked up?
>
>No. All that I've seen have also an on-board BIOS which enables you to
>use up to 2 hard drives directly under DOS (2 drives is a DOS
>limitation and you have the same problem with IDE and all other
>standards for that matter). Software drivers often allow for better
>performance, though. You have to use them if you want to use other
>devices besides hard disks or have more than 2 disks.
>
No.  The Always IN-2000, among others requires no drivers for up to 7 SCSI
hard drives.  DOS does not have a 2 drive maximum, as I already have 3. All
is done in hardware, there's no software drivers at all.

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