Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:17:50 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> To: Shawn Ramsey <megadeth@luke.cpl.net> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com>, David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: low-cost SCSI cards?? Message-ID: <20000613141750.A2946@athena.sea.tera.com> In-Reply-To: <20000613130031.C91833@luke.cpl.net>; from Shawn Ramsey on Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 01:00:31PM -0700 References: <200006130056.TAA91435@nospam.hiwaay.net> <200006130333.UAA02171@tera.com> <20000613130031.C91833@luke.cpl.net>
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On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 01:00:31PM -0700, Shawn Ramsey wrote: > > I've got an additional question for the list, and excuse me > > if this is an idiot question--I don't keep up to date with > > the PCI standard. I've asked this on the SuSE list and > > zero replies. > > > > I've got an Adaptec 29160 adaptor; I expected it to fit > > right into the motherboad of this server (an older 200MHz. > > 128MB board. No::: there were additional non-PCI like > > connectors on the end of the 29160 card. > > > > Last week I bought a new PeeCee thinking that it would > > certainly have a slot to fit this 29160, but nope. The > > card does fit, but the end connectors are not plugged in > > to anything. > > Thats right. The 29160 is a 64-bit PCI card. You can still plug it into a regular 32-bit PCI slot, but part of it will not be connected to anything. > Seems that PC hardware has gotten so ``cheap'' that this high-end adaptor which will do anything//everything SCSI now costs less than my early Adaptec boards does. Which is certainly a bonus since I was seeing $180 flapping away in the sky. At least when I'm ready to go DSL, I'll have the hardware... gary To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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