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From: wanjohn@averydennison.com (John Wan)
Newsgroups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ASUS SC200 SCSI controller ?
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 1997 15:15:52 GMT
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On Fri, 07 Mar 97 18:13:32 GMT, dantso@cris.com (Daniel Ts'o) wrote:

>	Can someone comment on the ASUS SC200 SCSI controller ?
Great enough on both Asus mother board or now the one I'm using,
MagicPro THX.  I can't find any problem to have it being supported on
any OS.  

>
>	How does it compare to other choices: other NCR's like Symbios, and 
>the Adaptec 2940UW ?
You know, previous NCR product will be develop or even manufactured by
Symbios Logic.  To me, they are the same.  

Adaptec 2940UW is an Ultra-Wide product.  I bought it last month but
sold now.  Because I bought one Symbios 53c875 (Asus SC875 UW-SCSI)
Ultra Wide SCSI controller.  Both provided same speed but Symbios is
only less than half price of Adaptec!  

>
>	Can it be used in any PCI system or only ASUS ? I understand there is 
>a BIOS issue.

As well explained by previous mail, you can simply find a Award bios
mother board will support it.  

Now, I have both Asus SC200 and Asus SC875 controller in the PC.
Since the SC875 has Boot-Rom, it can even manage the SC200.
>
>	The OS would be FreeBSD. Is support for the ASUS SC200 in FreeBSD 
>decent, suitable for a robust, good performing system ?

I am not using, wish you good luck!

John Wan
>
>	Thanks.
>
>				Cheers,
>
>				Dan Ts'o
>				The Rockefeller University
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