The AHA-2940 Ultra host adapter delivers UltraSCSI speed for demanding professional applications and high-performance peripherals. With its bus mastering architecture and advanced... more
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Supported Devices: Hard drive, tape drive, removable media drive, CD drive, DVD drive, scanner
Max Storage Devices Qty: 7
Channel Qty: 1
BIOS Type / Vendor: Adaptec
Expansion / connectivity
Provided Interfaces:
1 x storage - Ultra SCSI - 50 pin HD D-Sub (HD-50)
1 x storage - Ultra SCSI - 50 PIN IDC
Compatible Slots: 1 x PCI
Interfaces:
1 x storage - Ultra SCSI - 50 pin HD D-Sub (HD-50) ( external )
1 x storage - Ultra SCSI - 50 PIN IDC ( internal ), 1 x storage - Ultra SCSI SE - 50 pin HD D-Sub (HD-50) ( external )
1 x storage - Ultra SCSI SE - 50 PIN IDC ( internal ), 1 x storage - Ultra SCSI - 50 PIN IDC
1 x storage - Ultra SCSI - 50 pin HD D-Sub (HD-50)
Miscellaneous
Package Type: Retail
Cables Included: 1 x SCSI cable - internal, 1 x SCSI cable
MTBF: 544,264 hour(s)
Compliant Standards: Plug and Play, RoHS
Manufacturer's product description
The AHA-2940 Ultra host adapter delivers UltraSCSI speed for demanding professional applications and high-performance peripherals. With its bus mastering architecture and advanced SCSI features, the AHA-2940 Ultra host adapter improves system performance, especially in multitasking environments. In addition, the AHA-2940 Ultra adapter offers unsurpassed system and peripheral compatibility. Using UltraSCSI technology, the AHA-2940 Ultra host adapter doubles the maximum data transfer rate on the SCSI bus from 10 MByte/sec to 20 MByte/sec. By increasing the throughput rate between peripherals and the desktop system, the AHA-2940 Ultra adapter accelerates system performance and user productivity. In addition to UltraSCSI speed, the AHA-2940 Ultra host adapter features a high-performance bus mastering architecture that regulates data movement directly between peripherals and system memory. The onboard Adaptec PhaseEngine RISC processor takes over I/O processing from the CPU, which frees it for other tasks. The result is lower CPU utilization and noticeably faster response time. AHA-2940 Ultra host adapter makes true multitasking possible. SCSI technology offers unique features, including disconnect/reconnect, tagged command queuing, and multithreaded I/O, that allow the system CPU to access data on multiple peripheral devices simultaneously.
OS Required: Microsoft DOS, UnixWare, Microsoft Windows 3.x/95/98, Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 or later, Novell NetWare 3.12 or later, IBM OS/2 2.x or later, SCO Unix, IBM OS/2, UNIX, Microsoft Windows 95/98, Novell NetWare, Microsoft Windows 3.1, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Microsoft DOS 6.0 or later, Microsoft DOS, UnixWare 2.x, Microsoft Windows 3.x/95/98, Novell NetWare 3.12 or later, Microsoft Windows NT 3.1 or later, IBM OS/2 2.x or later, SCO Unix 3.2.x, UnixWare 1.x, Novell NetWare 3.12, SCO OpenServer 5, IBM OS/2 2.x, UnixWare 2.x, Microsoft Windows 3.x/95/98, Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 or later, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, SCO Unix 3.2.x, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional , Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Microsoft DOS 6.0 or later
Min Processor Type: Intel 486 or higher
Manufacturer warranty
Service & Support: 5 years warranty, 3 years warranty
Service & Support Details: Limited warranty - 5 years - carry-in, Limited warranty - parts and labour - 5 years - carry-in, Limited warranty - replacement - 3 years
Advantages: Works well out of box; captures video as MPEG-2 flawlessly Disadvantages: Stopped working after a Microsoft update - Adaptec will not offer free fix.
...Product served me well for transferring several piles of VHS tapes to my Media Center 2005 machine. Then - Microsoft came out with some software update and product only works for a limited time. Pause it while recording and the PC freezes. restart the PC and it no longer detects the device. Remove device - uninstall drivers and uninstalling WinDVR 3 all temporary fixes - problem reoccurs. Doing the C++ registry hack worked very limited, now does not. Adaptec - with this known problem - can not even be contacted outside of their "pay" support. Adaptec has not updated their searchable database with the "fix" - they apparently demand their customers to pay them before they assist. A sad state of affairs within a once-great company. Shame on you, Adaptec!...
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Advantages: Portable Device,Good for small time duration capturing Disadvantages: To convert 30 minutes of captured video it takes around two hours
...It Captures the Video in real time mode but drops number of frames.So you donot get the smooth motion of a scene. Same result is observed in the video cd. The manufacturer has set the time limit for capturing to only 600 seconds. After that audio & video goes out of sync
The software(sonic My DVD is supplied with the unit is also not user friendly.It is very slow. One major drawback is in preview mode, the source sound gets muted.It becomes difficult to recognise the scene.In video editing mode,after trimming unwanted footege,the audio video synchronisation goes totally out.The resulting vcd projet has very poor quality with lot of pauses and choppy movements.Very Furstrating.other capture devices has got far better quality than this Adaptec AVC-1100....
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Advantages: Plug n play, reliable, efficient Disadvantages: A bit pricy
...Finally, just when I was begining to give up on ever attaching my SCSI drive to my system, along came the answer to my prayers. A neat fitted in seconds, no need to open the case solution; the Adaptec USB to SCSI connector.
This piece of electronic genius allows you to connect virtually any SCSI device directly to your PC through its USB port. It works and is brilliant. It just plugs in and away it goes. Everything is supplied and with easy to follow directions.
It is not cheap though, expect to pay about $50 ($90) for it but compared with a SCSI card & cables it probably works out the same and is definately 100% less hastle than trying to configure an already stuffed full to the brim machine.
It's got my vote....
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