Hmmm...
My 29160N has been working just fine on my G4/400/9.2.2/10.1.5, running
U160 LVD drives, as well as my Yamaha CDRW and Zip 250.
Went and D/L'd drivers from Adaptec, installed, and all has been well.
Before I just bought my new G4 Dual 1G Blowhole, I called Apple to
check on SCSI card options/clarification, and tho they wouldn't tell me
what/which/whose card they were offering BTO, they DID tell me that the
29160N card would be compatible with the new G4's.
I got the new machine last Friday, installed everything [SCSI
card/drives/OS 9.2.2/10.2] , and, all has been well.
Didn't have to mess with installing Adaptec's drivers either, it's in
10.2
YMMV....
Cheers,
SS @ Audio Madness
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 12:27:07 -0700 (PDT)
> From: james lindley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Adaptech SCSI vs. OS X
>
>> From Applelinks:
>
> Adaptec SCSI cards do not function "reliably"
> under Mac OS X
>
> From Martin A. Totusek
>
> I also have now confirmed this issue with APPLE
> mangement, who have told me that now only ATTO
> cards provide any real Mac OS X compatibility.
> Rather ironic given that: "Traditional Mac OS and
> Traditional Mac hardware is known as one of the
> best Computing Platforms for SCSI support, and
> SCSI support in OS X is quite weak and not
> mature" (to quote a Seattle UNIX/Linux guru
> friend of mine).
>
> -Martin Totusek
>
> Eric Ullman of Dantz' technical marketing
> statement on Adaptec SCSI card and Mac OS X
> compatibility:
>
> "Ongoing testing by DantzLab has found that
> Adaptec
> SCSI cards do not function in a consistent,
> reliable manner when used with Mac OS X. These
> findings are supported by hundreds of reports
> from customers who have experienced problems with
> tape and CD-RW devices attached to Adaptec SCSI
> cards.
>
> "The problem, which affects all versions of Mac
> OS X including 10.2 (Jaguar), is not application
> specific. Rather, incorrect data is passed by the
> SCSI card to and from any program communicating
> with a SCSI device. The result may simply be an
> inaccessible device, or worse, data corruption
> can occur.
>
> "Adaptec has been made aware of this problem, and
> they are working on a solution. However, until
> this issue is resolved, Dantz can no longer
> recommend or support Adaptec SCSI adapters for
> use with Mac OS X. These adapters include the
> Adaptec 2906, 2930 (which is also the $49 Ultra
> SCSI card {Apple Store BTO} option with the Power
> Mac G4), 29160, 29160N, and 39160 SCSI
> controllers.
>
> "When Adaptec releases new software drivers that
> provide reliable functionality in Mac OS X, we
> will
> reinstate support for Adaptec SCSI adapters at
> that
> time."
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