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From: tls@cloud9.net (Thor Lancelot Simon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: F/W SCSI controllers
Date: 17 May 1995 07:24:49 GMT
Organization: Cloud 9 Internet, White Plains, New York, USA
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In article <3pb03j$mf8@nbc.ksu.ksu.edu>,
J Dudley Hunkins <dudley@ksu.ksu.edu> wrote:
>tls@cloud9.net (Thor Lancelot Simon) writes:
>
>>In article <3p9adv$88j@nbc.ksu.ksu.edu>,
>>J Dudley Hunkins <dudley@ksu.ksu.edu> wrote:
[...]
>Well...I was just told that the NCR 53c810 has both SCSI 2 and SCSI 3
>pins on it. According to the saledroid I should be able to run both
>my SCSI 3 HD as well as my SCSI 2 cdrom -- simultaneously (using the
>two different sets of pins). The NetBSD stuff says it supports the
>NCR 538XXX so I assume I'm good to go?
Your vendor is lying. The 53c810 is *not* wide SCSI, what's commonly
called "SCSI 3".
>What's the difference between the 825 and the 810? (I've mailed AT&T/NCR
>asking this question ... no reply yet.)
The 825 supports wide SCSI and has an onboard BIOS. The 810 does not
support wide scsi ("scsi 3") and has no BIOS. The 815 does not support
wide SCSI but has the BIOS.
>>The BusLogic 956C should also work nicely, but I haven't managed to get a
>>client to buy me one to play with yet. :-)
>
>Unfortunately this vendor doesn't carry the BusLogic.
Insight Direct does, but it's quite expensive. At reseller prices, the
'825 cards and the 956C are closer in price.
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Thor Lancelot Simon tls@cloud9.net
Somewhere they're meeting on a pinhead, calling you an angel.