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From: cjl@gcr.com (Chris Linstruth)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: NCR53C810 PCI SCSI card names?
Date: 10 Feb 1995 01:06:26 -0500
Organization: Quantum Networking Solutions - 703-878-4358 / 703-799-6523
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Message-ID: <3hevp2$79@lute.gcr.com>
References: <3g6b08$2og@ccshst05.cs.uoguelph.ca> <elfD3K58t.972@netcom.com>
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 In article <elfD3K58t.972@netcom.com>, Marc Singer <elf@netcom.com> wrote:
 >But there is more.  My friend called this place and was told that the
 >NCR chip should already be on the motherboard.  That's why the adapter
 >is so cheap!  Apparently, the adapter and chip are intimate with the
 >PCI bus s.t. you get a cheap upgrade as well as blinding performance.
 >My friend paid $69 corn for his SCSI priviledge.

Okay, sounds great.  But will it work with any PCI motherboard or only
particular ones.  I have a PCI 486 with an NCR SCSI Slot BIOS setting,
but there is no NCR chip visible on the motherboard.  Hate to waste
the money.

I called Technoland and was told "only work with our motherboards".

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Chris Linstruth  -  cjl@qnet.com