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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!infeed1.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!143.183.152.24!scnews.sc.intel.com!itnews.sc.intel.com!news.fm.intel.com!news.or.intel.com!chnews!jreynold From: jreynold@sedona.intel.com (John Reynolds) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: AHA-1542 or BusLogic 545C -- which is better? Date: 16 Jul 1997 18:24:46 GMT Organization: Intel Corporation, Chandler, AZ Lines: 33 Distribution: world Message-ID: <slrn5sq4fe.fjd.jreynold@hip186.ch.intel.com> Reply-To: jreynold@sedona.intel.com NNTP-Posting-Host: hip186.ch.intel.com X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.4.1 UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44548 Hey there, I'm looking for some testimonials here from people who have used one or both of the above cards (Adaptec AHA-1542 and/or BusLogic 545C). Hopefully someone will have used both of them and can compare between the two. In summary: I have a AHA-1522a card which seems to have flakey scsi support under FreeBSD (2.2.1). I wish to get a more "rock solid" card in the interum (before purchasing "the big machine" :) and have narrowed it down to the aforementioned cards. both are in the range of $160 US right now. A fellow on the net was kind enough to tell me that his experience with the 1542 cards has been "rock solid" and thought also that the core team was using them and one of the BusLogic scsi cards as the cards of choice at one time. True core team? Another friend of mine claims that BusLogic cards are generally better supported under Linux/bsd/whatever since they are more liberal with hardware docs, etc. Does anyone have any knowledge to back that up? If anyone has had experience with either or both of these cards under FreeBSD 2.2.1 PLEASE email (or post). All input is welcome. Thanks, -Jr -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | John Reynolds Performance & Logic Verification Group | | Intel Corporation MS: CH6-210 Phone: 554-9092 pgr: 868-6512 | | jreynold@sedona.intel.com http://www-adcs.ch.intel.com/~jreynold/ | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=