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From: Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl>
Subject: Re: Recommend a SCSI controller?
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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 05:50:52 GMT
>> On Mon, 22 Jul 1996 17:11:38 -0400, Matthew White
>> <mwhite@freehold.pc.cs.cmu.edu> said:
MW> Darryl Okahata wrote:
>>
>> CHaley <chaley@manhattan.mdl.sandia.gov> writes:
>>
>> > Could anyone suggest a good SCSI controller to use under a
>> > pure BSD system?
>>
>> Assuming that you have a PCI motherboard, any controller based upon
>> the Symbios (previously NCR) 810/815/825 chipset is a good, cheap,
>> solution. The 810 is used with controllers where the BIOS is built into
>> the motherboard (and not the controller), and the 815/825 are used with
>> If you've got money to burn, the Adaptec 2940 is also good.
MW> I picked up my 2940 off the net for $125. I find it to be rock solid
MW> and a good performer.
Is that second hand? Here (in the Netherlands) an NCR 815 costs 170
guilders, a 2940 costs >500 guilders (one $ is 1.70 guilder at the
moment).
I know computer hardware is always more expensive here than in the US,
but an NCR should cost at least less than half of a 2940 and perform
equally well.
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