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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!gatech!swrinde!sgigate.sgi.com!news1.best.com!shell2.best.com!not-for-mail From: rcarter@best.com (Russell Carter) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Re: SCSI PCI host adapter Date: 22 Aug 1995 22:29:27 -0700 Organization: Best Internet Communications, Inc. (info@best.com) Lines: 35 Message-ID: <41eebn$gf7@shell2.best.com> References: <418r3m$9c6@trauma.rn.com> <419963$hst@gate.sinica.edu.tw> <41eadg$1ajc@news.mindspring.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shell2.best.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.periphs.scsi:36103 comp.os.linux.hardware:13990 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:4965 comp.os.linux.setup:17877 In article <41eadg$1ajc@news.mindspring.com>, Steven A. DuChene <sad@sduchene.mindspring.com> wrote: >taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Brian Tao) wrote: >> NCR53c810 SCSI-2 controllers are advertised at $80 each, if you >>have a motherboard that supports them (I believe all the recent ASUS >>PCI boards do). Very fast, very reliable controllers. I've got four >>of them here (not all in one machine, unfortunately ;-)). > >Actually if you are only going to use the SCSI devices in Linux and don't plan >on booting from them Linux can see the card and any devices hung off of it >without the NCR BIOS in the motherboard. This is how I am using the a 53c810 >$79 card in my system. As stated, nearly all motherboards sold today support these cards. The price is ~$70 here and the FreeBSD performance is available here: http://www.geli.com/data/disk.perf.html (would love to see some unix eide benchmarks...) Regards, Russell Carter Geli Engineering http://www.geli.com > >-- > This be ME! (Steve, That's who!) > >"You can bring any calculator you like to the midterm, as long as it >doesn't dim the lights when you turn it on." > -- Hepler, Systems Design 182 >