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From: bcrwhims@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Carsten Whimster)
Subject: Re: Ultimate BSD PC Hardware Setup
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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 18:38:33 GMT
References: <43df2f$id@future.internexus.net> <MICHAELV.95Sep17014633@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> <811439745.10029@kiss.demon.co.uk> <MICHAELV.95Sep18161642@mindbender.headcandy.com>
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In article <MICHAELV.95Sep18161642@mindbender.headcandy.com>,
Michael L. VanLoon <michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> wrote:
| In article <811439745.10029@kiss.demon.co.uk> phil@zipmail.co.uk (Phil Taylor) writes:
|
| In article <MICHAELV.95Sep17014633@MindBender.HeadCandy.com>,
| michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com says...
|
| >Personally, I'd buy an NCR 53c810-based SCSI card, or a BusLogic,
| >before I'd ever give money to Adaptec. But, to each his/her own.
|
| Why ???? I am running a pair of P90's both with 2940's and 2GB
| Seagate Drives and Quad Speed CDROM's (and FreeBSD 2.0.5).
| Both machines are super quick AND super stable (never crashed !!!!)
| What is your problem with Adaptec ????? (dont knock it till you've
| tried it !)
|
| I will not support Adaptec because of their Draconian policies. I
| have nothing against the performance of their cards.
Could you elaborate on this, please? I was considering an Adaptec, but
I will listen to you first :)
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Carsten Whimster bcrwhims@uwaterloo.ca
EDM/2 Associate Editor and Book reviewer
Team OS/2 POV-Panel/2 author
http://www.undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca/~bcrwhims/