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Adaptec 29160N SCSI X
Authored by: Daniel Settles on Jul 11, '02 11:50:51AM

I have an Adaptec 29160N Ultra SCSI card. It works just fine in Mac OS 9 and in Mac OS X.
In OS X, it works well with an internal 9 gig Quantum LVD HD, and with external Jaz and Zip drivers. In OS 9, in works fine with a UMAX PowerLook II scanner. HOWEVER, the scanner will not work in OS X with the 29160N card. I suspect because the card may be too fast for the scanner in X. I now have a 2nd SCSI card, an older Orange Micro Grappler which is working just fine in OS X with the UMAX scanner and SilverFast software via Photoshop 7 for X.
NOTE: The Adaptec driver installer for OS X may report that it has successfully updated the Adaptec SCSI drivers in X. This may not be true. Always use the Uninstaller to remove the old Adaptec driver before running the installer to place a newer SCSI driver on the computer.



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Adaptec 29160N SCSI X
Authored by: saltydog4791 on Jul 12, '02 08:57:38PM

Hello All,

Maybe this is a stupid question but does this mean I can use a 2940U2W that I have from a Dell Server? It seems to me that if the 29160 works, this one maybe can as well. Do I risk any harm by giving it a go?

Mike



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Adaptec 29160N SCSI X
Authored by: stevec on Jul 14, '02 12:54:08PM

I had an old PII system laying around with an Adaptec 2690UW card in it, what the heck. It took a lot longer to boot the first time, on the order of 10 minutes, AND it booted from a different volume but I reset that and booted into my normal OSX boot volume. Apple System profiler gives the following:

Not available
Card type: Not available
Card name: pci9004,7881
Card model: Not available
Card ROM #: Not available
Card revision: 1
Card vendor ID: 9004
Ethernet address: <not applicable>

But the card vendor is the same as the BTO card I got with this B&W G3, so I hooked up a drive and it seems to work fine. I haven't done a lot of testing on this card but if the other posts are any indication it looks like a lot of "PC Only" Adaptec SCSI cards may indeed work fine under OSX. It would be nice to see if anyone has access to other make and model cards what their results are.

very cool!



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