Hard Drive Controller And Connector; Scsi Controller And Connectors - Gateway ALR 8000 User Manual

Hard Drive Controller and Connector

This is an integrated dual-channel PCI/IDE interface with one IDE port
capable of controlling up to four IDE devices and supporting PIO
Modes 0-4.

SCSI Controller and Connectors

This integrated Adaptec
performance, dual-channel, PnP compliant, single-chip PCI local bus-to-
UltraSCSI master host adapter. Its advanced SCSI I/O cell technology
ensures data integrity for higher I/O bandwidth requirements with data rates
of 20-MB/sec in the 8-bit mode and 40-MB/sec in the 16-bit mode.
Additional features:
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One 8-bit (50-pin) PCI-to-UltraSCSI connector
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Two 16-bit (68-pin) PCI-to-Wide UltraSCSI connector
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Full 32-bit PCI bus master implementation maximizing data
transfer on PCI local bus at 133-MB/sec data bursts
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SCAM (SCSI Configured Automatically) Level 1 for Windows
95 enabling automatic configuration of new devices without
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having to reboot the system.
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Wide SCSI configuration supporting up to 30 connected SCSI
peripherals (15 on each of two channels)
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Multithreading support for up to 255 simultaneous I/O tasks
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Advanced SCSI I/O cell ensuring data integrity by automatically
and continuously adjusting slew rate to compensate for SCSI bus
loading
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Driver support for all major operating systems.
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AIC™-7895 SCSI controller is a high-
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