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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!pendragon!fullfeed!daffy!uwvax!uwm.edu!news.alpha.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!news.gcr.com!lute.gcr.com!not-for-mail 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 Lines: 16 Message-ID: <3hevp2$79@lute.gcr.com> References: <3g6b08$2og@ccshst05.cs.uoguelph.ca> <elfD3K58t.972@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lute.gcr.com 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". -- Chris Linstruth - cjl@qnet.com