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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!surfnet.nl!news.unisource.nl!xs4all!plm.xs4all.nl!plm From: Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl> Subject: Re: Recommend a SCSI controller? X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.2.26/Emacs 19.31 Sender: plm@localhost.xs4all.nl Organization: My Unorganized Home Lines: 26 Message-ID: <87afwqkxmr.fsf@localhost.xs4all.nl> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960721100733.21155B-100000@manhattan.mdl.sandia.gov> <vwzq4tjr60.fsf@rylla.sr.hp.com> <31F3EE8A.167EB0E7@freehold.pc.cs.cmu.edu> 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. -- ______________________________________________________________________ Peter Mutsaers | Abcoude (Utrecht), | "Memento Mori" plm@xs4all.nl | the Netherlands |