From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 21 21:29:17 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA11153 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 21 Aug 1996 21:29:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (whizzo.TransSys.COM [144.202.42.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA11148 for ; Wed, 21 Aug 1996 21:29:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.transsys.com (localhost.transsys.com [127.0.0.1]) by whizzo.transsys.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA18043; Thu, 22 Aug 1996 00:25:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199608220425.AAA18043@whizzo.transsys.com> X-Authentication-Warning: whizzo.transsys.com: Host localhost.transsys.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Darryl Okahata cc: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk), freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Louis A. Mamakos" Subject: Re: SCSI again: Asus SC200 vs. Adaptec 2940 ... References: <199608220336.AA169064976@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 21 Aug 1996 20:36:15 PDT." <199608220336.AA169064976@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 00:25:17 -0400 Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > 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