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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!news.mindlink.net!giant!a09878 From: a09878@giant.rsoft.bc.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Need HW/Drive purchase advice Date: 10 Mar 1995 02:24:34 GMT Organization: MIND LINK! Communications Corp., Langley, BC, Canada Lines: 28 Message-ID: <3jod92$fqu@deep.rsoft.bc.ca> References: <shamrock-1502952240270001@192.0.2.1> <3j05a6$fhk@cynjut.infonet.net> <3j3j5m$n70@helena.MT.net> <shamrock-0903951552350001@192.0.2.1> NNTP-Posting-Host: giant.mindlink.net In article <shamrock-0903951552350001@192.0.2.1>, Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com> wrote: >I had just about decided on a Adapect 1542. But now I hear there might be >problems using it on ISA with >16 MB. Do you think I'd better get a 1522? > >Also, I have a stripped down 486 with no HDs.... You might find it nearly as cheap (or even possibly cheaper) and a gain in performance to replace your motherboard with an ASUS PVI-SP3 and it's companion NCR SCSI controller or an ASUS PCI-SP3G, which has the SCSI controller built in. (The latter is working fine with NetBSD and FreeBSD, I hear. I'm quite certainly that the former runs very well with NetBSD, as it's what I'm typing on right now. :-)) You can re-use your old CPU, and you should be able to get a decent trade-in on your memory if it's not 72-pin. If your current motherboard is not VLB you definitely want to go this route and get a new Video card. A fast bus makes all the difference in the world when it comes to X performance. I use an older ATI Mach32 card which was quite cheap. I'm happy with it. cjs -- Curt Sampson a09878@giant.rsoft.bc.ca Opinions are mine, Fluor Daniel Wright, Ltd. 604 488 2226 not Fluor Daniel's. 1075 W. Georgia Street Vancouver, B.C., V6E 4M7 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.