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From: roberto@eurocontrol.fr (Ollivier Robert)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Ultra Wide Scsi - which controller?
Date: 18 Apr 1997 10:30:23 GMT
Organization: Eurocontrol EEC, Bretigny, France
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In article <5j5gla$r88$1@csnews.cs.colorado.edu>,
Alan T Krantz <atk@alumni.cs.Colorado.EDU> wrote:
> Does NCR make a ulti-wide scsi (model??) and does it perform well under
> FreeBSD (asus doesn't seem to sell one)?
ASUS has a NCR875 based SCSI card (Ultra-Wide). Check their Web
site[1]. They also have 78xx based cards.
I know several people who use either 2940/3940UW and are happy with
them. You can find the equivalent in more and more motherboards now (with a
7880 chip).
> This is for a friend who is getting a new system and wants one of the
> new 7200rpm drives...
Tell him to remember that 2x 2 GB is better than 1x 4 GB.
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[1] <URL:http://www.asus.tw.com/>
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