From: Andrew Webber (awebber_at_sgml-mercs.com)
Date: Mon Apr 12 1999 - 16:05:55 EDT
On Mon, 12 Apr 1999 15:24:20 -0400, Cottrell, Eric wrote:
>I wonder what the differences between the 1450A and 1460A are? They seem to
>have the same speed and
>since they are not bus-mastering they would not have processors. The 1460
>controller could have more
>chache or other features to off load the computers CPU. It could also be
>possible the 1450a was only
>designed as a low-cost solution to back up windows 95 machines so money was
>saved
>by only doing Windows 95 drivers, not providing a full set of software, not
>having a removable cable, etc..
Well, there's the non-removable cable (although they include an
adaptor to go from 50 pin to DB-25). Also as you say only Windows
95 drivers. The 1450 _manual_ says it only supports 3 devices on
the SCSI bus, although the website says 7.
The 1450 is also about half the price (list is U$86 [it was U$99
two weeks ago!] vs. U$175). I really don't see anything from the
specs that indicates why the 1450 won't support a SCSI HD and the
1460 will. Maybe it's a marketing thing.
andrew
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