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Xref: sserve comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:18193 alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus:23 comp.os.linux.hardware:2006 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5301 comp.os.os2.misc:125351 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news From: desmond@insane.apana.org.au Newsgroups: io.general,io.computers,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.os2.misc Subject: Re: List of recommended hardware components Date: 10 Feb 1995 06:36:52 GMT Organization: NetSpace Online Systems Lines: 41 Message-ID: <3hf1in$edo@otis.netspace.net.au> References: <3g890k$cbl@ionews.io.org> <3gjhe1$ced@pentagon.io.com> <791607453james.james@george.ankeny.ia.us> <STEPHENS.95Feb1162921@sycamore.pprd.abbott.com> <3gpk5k$8cq@deep.rsoft.bc.ca> <1995Feb2.182423.659@robkaos.ruhr.de> <3h5cvp$prr@tipellium.apana.org.au> Reply-To: desmond@insane.apana.org.au NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup-22.insane.apana.org.au X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.09 In <3h5cvp$prr@tipellium.apana.org.au>, hart@apanix.apana.org.au (Leigh Hart) writes: >robsch@robkaos.ruhr.de (Robert Schien) writes: > >>BTW, there are some new SCSI host adapters (VLB) available which seem >>to be Adaptec clones or so. At least they have an AIC6360 chip >>on board. EIDE, serial (16650), parallel, floppy interfaces >>and (very important :-) game port are there, too. >>Are those boards supported by FreeBSD? >>They cost about 300 DM here in Germany. > >The AIC6360 is supported under FreeBSD and NetBSD, however to what extent >I am not sure. I do have two AIC6360 based cards lying around here, but >I havn't had the inclination to test them yet - this is probably because >I'm hapilly running a bt445s VLB board in my FreeBSD box already :-) > >Honestly, if it comes down to "bang for buck" - you probably can't do >better than the ASUSTek SP3G motherboards - they come with an onboard >PCI (NCR53c810) SCSI-2 controller and retail for ~(AUS)$450 - a major >bargain compared to my current setup, considering the bt445s *alone* >cost me only ~(AUS)$50 less than this... :( > >The Linux HOWTO recommends these boards, as do many FreeBSD users and >developers. > >Cheers > >Leigh >-- >| "By the time they had diminished | Leigh Hart | >| from 50 to 8, the other dwarves | <hart@eppie.apana.org.au> | >| began to suspect 'Hungry' ..." | C/- 195 Gilles Street | >| -- Gary Larson, "The Far Side" | Adelaide SA 5006 | Hi Leigh, I am looking for a ASUStek motherboard in Australia but I don't know who is/are the distributor/s in Australia. IF you know where I can contact or buy a asustek m/b please email to me. (best in Melb.) Desmond desmond@insane.apana.org.au