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#! rnews 1559 bsd Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!svc.portal.com!portal.com!combdyn!lawrence From: lawrence@combdyn.com (Lawrence *The Dreamer* Chen) Subject: PCI SCSI Host Adapters Message-ID: <1995Dec21.233054.20049@combdyn.com> Organization: Combustion Dynamics Ltd. Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 23:30:54 GMT Lines: 23 I'm kind of looking for a simple answer on whether I can safely use an Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI Host Adapter in my Pentium machine running FreeBSD 2.1 I should be getting my FreeBSD 2.1 CD real soon (by subscription), and I'm going to get a Pentium 75 to set it up on (inaddition to eventually on a 386 and a 486). Right now I use 1542CF host adapters... And, I'm thinking for this machine a faster host adapter would be important. FWIW, the machine will be an ASI (they only stock Pentiums now, but can special order a 486 if I really wanted one). Also, how much of a difference would a PCI 10Base2 card make over a 3C509, and what card would I get.... -- SNAIL: Lawrence Chen, P.Eng. VE6LKC/VE6PAQ Computer Engineer Phone: (403)529-2162 Combustion Dynamics Ltd. Fax: (403)529-2516 #203, 132 4th Avenue S.E. Email: lawrence@combdyn.com Medicine Hat, Alberta T1A 8B5 dreamer@mlc.awinc.com CIS: 74200,2431 FIDONET: 1:134/3002 dreamer@lhaven.uumh.ab.ca DISCLAIMER: All opinions expressed are mine and *NOT* my employers