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From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com>
To: Cat Okita <cat@uunet.ca>
cc: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: overclocking
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On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Cat Okita wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Ollivier Robert wrote:
> > My own drives are good 5400 rpm drives, one IBM DORS 32160 and a Conner
> > CFP1080S. Giving each drive a controller helps too. You can buy 2x NCR for
> > much less than one Adaptec :-)
> 
> ...and in my experience, you replace the two NCR's far more often than the
> one Adaptec...
> 
> YMMV
> 
> Cat Okita
> Systems Administrator, UUNET Canada

  I've never had a Adaptec controller die, so I'd have to agree with that.
I'm still using an Adaptec 1742 on my personal system.  The 1742 is still
relatively fast by today's standards, even though it about 4 years old.

Tom
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