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From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: SCSI card
Date: 10 Sep 1996 09:41:05 -0700
Organization: Hewlett Packard Sonoma County
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To: Robert Withrow <bwithrow@baynetworks.com>
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Robert Withrow <bwithrow@baynetworks.com> writes:
> > You should also note that the NCR/Symbios cards are very inexpensive
> > compared to the others (under $100).
>
> Except that the *only* place you can get these seems to be from
> mail-order places advertising in ``Computer Shopper''. You
> can't go the the corner computer store and get them. You
> *can* get an adaptec there. And that is important because when
> the card is DOA (as was the NCR card I tried to install this
> last weekend) you can go to the store and shake the sales droid
> until a replacement falls to the floor. ;-)
If you're working in the SF Bay area (which is, of course, where
Bay Networks is located), I've seen NCR-based card sold by NCA
Peripherals. Ask for the Data Technology 3130B, which is an
NCR-815-based card. I think NCA is asking something like $115 for it,
which is a tad high, but it's still not bad.
-- Darryl Okahata
Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com
DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not
constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Hewlett-Packard, or of the
little green men that have been following him all day.