Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 00:25:17 -0400 From: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> To: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> Cc: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk), freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI again: Asus SC200 vs. Adaptec 2940 ... Message-ID: <199608220425.AAA18043@whizzo.transsys.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 21 Aug 1996 20:36:15 PDT." <199608220336.AA169064976@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> References: <199608220336.AA169064976@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com>
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> > BTW: who has the best mail-order price for these things?
>
> The NCR(now Symbios)-based controllers aren't easy to find. If you
> have an ASUS, the ASUS SC-200 appears to be good. If you don't have an
> on-board NCR BIOS, the Data Technology DTC 3130B ("B" for "BIOS") is
> good (it's a narrow, fast SCSI-2 controller). NECX sells it for around
> US$105. Very nice.
I'm using a Tyan "Yorktown" controller, based on a 53C825 (fast/wide)
chip, which also includes a BIOS ROM on the card. I think I paid
about $119 for it, from the same vendor selling Tyan motherboards.
I've been very happy with it's operation. I've got a Micropolis 4221
2GB disk, a Toshiba XM-3601TA CDROM, and an Archive Python 25501 DAT
drive on an 8 bit (non-wide) SCSI bus. Works great, and way more than
a few $$$ cheaper than the Adaptec alternative.
louie
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