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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!violet.berkeley.edu!jkh From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: SCSI controller recomendations requested Date: 14 Sep 1994 10:31:26 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 20 Message-ID: <356jdu$irb@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <Cw3nuw.E8@galaxia.network23.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: violet.berkeley.edu In article <Cw3nuw.E8@galaxia.network23.com>, David H. Brierley <dave@galaxia.network23.com> wrote: >was borrowed from the tech lab at work and they want it back. I >think I have narrowed the search to the following three boards: > > Adaptec 1542CF (ISA) Fine board - will work. > Bus Logic BT545S (ISA) Ditto. > Bus Logic BT445S (VLB) Ditto, albeit with luck only. The Bt445S seems to come in a variety of confusing revisions, some broken some not, thus the "luck" factor. I have one that works beautifully, and other folks have had the worst luck. Buslogic basically really screwed the pooch on their VLB card and the road is litered with their previous failure attempts. Avoid picking one of these failed attempts up and you're fine, otherwise.. It's always hard to know what a dealer has in stock and how old it is. The other two give commendable stability and performance. Jordan