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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!nntp.cac.washington.edu!olsenc From: olsenc@kodiak.ee.washington.edu (Clint Olsen) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Supported PCI cards (System Spec) Date: 24 Feb 1995 20:53:26 GMT Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 19 Message-ID: <3ilh06$n3@nntp1.u.washington.edu> References: <3igfpc$t18@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <3ih7l7$ndu@titania.pps.pgh.pa.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: kodiak.ee.washington.edu In article <3ih7l7$ndu@titania.pps.pgh.pa.us>, Kevin Sullivan <ksulliva@kludge.psc.edu> wrote: >Aaron Kent Moore (aakmoore@ucs.indiana.edu) wrote: >: Has anyone had any problems with boxes from Gateway? > >If you can, go for the on-board NCR SCSI chip rather than a SCSI card. Are you referring to boards with the onboard NCR PCI SCSI BIOS where you just have to buy the inexpensive adapter for $70? If not, what boards are you referring to? Can you specifically tell me which SMC cards you're getting? The Computer Shopper ads are really deceiving. I'm assuming this is based on the WD8013 chip. Does it have a 16K Tx/Rx buffer on it? Thanks, -Clint