This is included here because it's a Frequently Asked Question, but... it's completely nonsensical. The Buz is a SCSI controller, not a SCSI target device (like a tape drive or hard disk). If you're asking this question, you probably have a misunderstanding of how the Buz device looks and works. And now, for the technical nit-picking..

Yes! The internal Jaz drive plugs into the internal SCSI connection, while the external Jaz (portable) comes with exactly the right cable to connect to Buz. It's a perfect match.

Yes, certainly. BUT, you will probably need a new SCSI cable. The Zip uses a DB-25, while the Buz has a standard high-density "SCSI-2" connector. Unfortunately, the cable to go between the two is hard to find, and often expensive. You could end up paying US$20 to $40 for it. Jeff Kleist reports that "Best Buy" has this "DB25 to HD50" cable on the shelf for $34.95. internal ZIP drive will be easier, since the Buz has a standard 50-pin "SCSI narrow" internal header.

Certainly! In fact, if you are still using a freebie ISA-bus SCSI controller that came with your scanner, you may find a significant improvement in scanning speed. (Especially the HP PhotoSmart.) The Advansys Ultra-SCSI controller on the Buz is no slouch, and it's well up to the task of most SCSI peripherals. It's certainly an upgrade from the "bundled" SCSI cards with most scanners and CD-R writers, since those are usually inexpensive and PIO (CPU-intensive).

This is probably the most asked question, since there is a lot of confusion regarding the SCSI feature on the Buz. There is only one PCI card, with three unique devices on it: Iomega/Zoran Buz Video There is no way to separate or disable any parts of the card. You must install the whole Buz or nothing. Does the Buz talk directly to SCSI devices? No. The Buz and SCSI act like separate SCSI cards.

Yes. It's a standard 50-pin IDC connector, and supports the full performance of Ultra SCSI for internal devices.

Certainly! In fact, I find it to be an excellent and affordable way to get high data rates for video. It combines two or more UltraIDE hard disks into a large striped RAID configuration. The FastTrak RAID drive appears just like any other hard disk, and Video applications will treat it the same. There are no known conflicts with Buz, although you must be certain to configure it for "A/V Applications".

There will be schemes shown in GWS airplane’s instructions. Please read the instructions carefully and thoroughly before assembly in order to achieve safe operation with the BEC speed controller.

If you don't have any SCSI devices attached to your Buz, or you don't use them from DOS, there is no reason to put up with the long "Iomega Jet SCSI" BIOS sequence. This is where the machine probes the Buz SCSI bus for devices at boot time, before Windows starts. To disable this boot-time probe, remove the EPROM on the Buz! The 64k EPROM on the card contains the BIOS boot code for the SCSI controller. If you don't have SCSI devices, you don't need it.

The newer AIC789x series Adaptec chips are supported under the CAM SCSI framework which made it's debut in 3.0. Patches against 2.2-STABLE are in ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/development/cam/. A CAM-enhanced boot floppy is available at http://people.FreeBSD.org/~abial/cam-boot/. In both cases read the README before beginning.

There are 2 general ''versions'' of the 742a card. They are hardware revisions A-G, and revisions H - onwards. The revision letter is located after the Assembly number on the edge of the card. The 742a has 2 ROM chips on it, one is the BIOS chip and the other is the Firmware chip. FreeBSD does not care what version of BIOS chip you have but it does care about what version of firmware chip. Buslogic will send upgrade ROMS out if you call their tech support dept.

This is basically a known problem. The EISA on-board SCSI controller in the HP Netserver machines occupies EISA slot number 11, so all the ''true'' EISA slots are in front of it. Alas, the address space for EISA slots >= 10 collides with the address space assigned to PCI, and FreeBSD's auto-configuration currently cannot handle this situation very well. So now, the best you can do is to pretend there is no address range clash :), by bumping the kernel option EISA_SLOTS to a value of 12.

Yes you can. I have successfully used the 4020i with an Adaptec 1542CF controller. The only change that I had to make was in the SCSISelect utility. Upon getting into SCSI select, you will need to select Device Configuration. Then go to the ID that the 4020i is on (default = 2). Where it says YES for FAST SCSI, change it to say NO. If you attempt to burn CDs when this is set to YES, you will run into mysterious Buffer Underrun Errors. I don't know why this causes buffer underruns, but it do...

No, MetaSynth does not allow access to graphics or audio plug-ins.However, you can edit and manipulate MetaSynth graphics images in any number of dedicated graphics applications, such as PhotoShop and Painter. Also, MetaSynth sounds can be saved in Sound Designer II format for further audio editing or compositing within a digital audio workstation environment .

There are 2 genera l ''versions'' of the 742a card. They are hardware revisions A-G, and revisions H - onwards. The revision letter is located after the Assembly number on the edge of the card. The 742a has 2 ROM chips on it, one is the BIOS chip and the other is the Firmw are chip. FreeBSD does not care what version of BIOS chip you have but it does care about what version of firmware chip. Buslogic will send upgrade ROMs out if you call their tech support dept.

This is basically a known problem. The EISA on-board SCSI controller in the HP Ne tserver machines occupies EISA slot number 11, so all the ''true'' EISA slots are in front of it. Alas, the address space for EISA slots >= 10 collides with the address space assigned to PCI, and FreeBSD's auto-configuration currently cannot handle this situation very well. So now, the best you can do is to pretend there is no address range clash :), by bumping the kernel option EISA_SLOTS to a value of 12.

The problem is due to missing driver for AIC-78xx adapter, which would be naturally provided by the SUNWcadp package in Solaris. However, we realize that we cannot redistribute such a package because it is not currently part of OpenSolaris. A solution to this is currently under review.