Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 09:03:08 -0600 (CST) From: David Kelly <dkelly@mail.HiWAAY.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, jm7996@devrycols.edu Subject: Re: Diamond Fireport SCSI Message-ID: <199901051503.JAA22984@mail.HiWAAY.net>
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"James A. Mutter" <jmutter@netwalk.com> writes: > I considering purchasing a Diamond Fireport (I think that's what it is) > SCSI card. Is it supported? If not, any recommendations on an > inexpensive but still reliable card? As others have said, its a Symbios based card. From the prices I saw when I was shopping the Diamond cards were more expensive than others. Certainly wouldn't pay more for Diamond support. One thing to watch for when buying a SCSI card is the external connector. Diamond used a narrow SCSI-II connector even on their wide cards. Asus used a wide connector. Made it an easy choice for me. Bought an Asus SC875 for $110, which was a pretty good price a year or two ago. If shopping for price, http://www.pricewatch.com/ yeilds some interesting results. Tekram is another maker of Symbios SCSI cards but watch out as not all Tekram cards are Symbios based. Have seen prices for '875 based cards approach $80. I also use Adaptec 2940 cards in some systems. Some with one 2940 and one '875. Without digging to the Nth percentile there is little or no performance difference. I like the onboard format and diagnostics of the Adaptec best (Asus SC875 has none). Am told the Tekram Symbios cards have similar utilities as Adaptec in ROM. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net (hm) ====================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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