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From: eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil (Eric Youngdale)
Subject: Re: What SCSI card for 32meg P560?
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References: <MARK.878.2D88ABD9@novell.business.uwo.ca> <michaelv.764061657@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu>
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 1994 16:37:57 GMT
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In article <michaelv.764061657@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon) writes:
>In <MARK.878.2D88ABD9@novell.business.uwo.ca> MARK@novell.business.uwo.ca (Mark_Bramwell) writes:
>
>>Since everyone thinks my problem with a P5-60 and 32megs of ram is the scsi 
>>board -> adaptec 1540.
>
>>What scsi boards are supported now with 32megs of ram?

	Well, linux supports >16Mb of memory with the 154x (I have 20Mb, as a
matter of fact).  If you go to an EISA or VLB controller you definitely will
get better performance.

-Eric
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