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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.iag.net!trauma.rn.com!trauma.rn.com!not-for-mail From: larry@trauma.rn.com (Larry Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Re: SCSI PCI host adapter Date: 28 Aug 1995 13:11:25 -0400 Organization: TraumaNet Lines: 21 Message-ID: <41stbt$db@trauma.rn.com> References: <418r3m$9c6@trauma.rn.com> <41eadg$1ajc@news.mindspring.com> <41rqk7$2oj@mailhub.hcl.com> <41sjek$rtu@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: rn.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.periphs.scsi:36049 comp.os.linux.hardware:13916 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:4937 comp.os.linux.setup:17807 In article <41sjek$rtu@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de>, J Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> wrote: >Rudy Amid <rudy@hcl.com> wrote: > >> How does the NCR controller compares to the Adaptec AHA2940 PCI controller? >>The price difference is one, but what about performance? > >I remember some figures that claimed the AHA2940 could get about 20 % >more than the NCR. considering it's about 2 to 3 times the cost.. On another subject, I can only find the NCR for $129 in the Computer Shopper and it "comes with software". Previous articles mentioned here reference it's availablity for around $80. Where can this adapter be picked up for around $80? -- Larry Snyder larry@rn.com larry@iag.net Systems Administrator Internet Access Group, Inc Connecting Florida to the Internet 407-786-1145 / 800-380-4IAG * providing leased lines / dedicated / dialup / Web services / Consulting *