Info on Adaptec ACB 2322

[Karl Denninger]

In article <1764 at tuegate.tue.nl> rcstack at eutrc3.urc.tue.nl (Studenten Vereniging Stack) writes:
>
>I have recently acquired a ST2383E (Imprimis WREN VI) and an
>Adaptec 2322 controller (labeled ACB 2322B-8 on U28). The ST2383E
>is a 15Mb/s ESDI drive. I would like to know if the Adaptec controller
>is capable of driving a 15Mb/s drive and which performance should
>be expected.
>
>My dealer however assures me that these versions don't exist. He claims
>that the three versions are:
>ACB 2322B-8 8K cache
>ACB 2322B-16 16K cache

This is correct, less the no-cache entry -- I doubt you can get those
anymore.

The 16 is the one you want for a 15Mhz drive.  The -8 will only run the
drive at 3:1 interleave.

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