From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Mar 12 14:49:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA16575 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 12 Mar 1997 14:49:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from tibet.stepnet.com (tibet.stepnet.com [206.14.120.100]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA16553; Wed, 12 Mar 1997 14:49:00 -0800 (PST) Received: (from ping@localhost) by tibet.stepnet.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) id OAA25811; Wed, 12 Mar 1997 14:46:34 -0800 (PST) From: Ping Mai Message-Id: <199703122246.OAA25811@tibet.stepnet.com> Subject: Re: freebsd as a news server? To: jgreco@solaria.sol.net (Joe Greco) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 14:46:34 -0800 (PST) Cc: neal@pernet.net, mmead@goof.com, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, julian@whistle.com, tom@sdf.com, isp@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199703111601.KAA27975@solaria.sol.net> from Joe Greco at "Mar 11, 97 10:01:33 am" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > My basic philosophy has always been to reduce resource contention > whereever I can. The nice ultra wide SCSI controller that Matthew > has probably cost $200-$300. I can outfit a system with three NCR-810 > controllers for that price (actually more like $120 if I use the real > cheap ones, a bit risky) and I gain three independent SCSI busses. BTW, where can i find ncr-8xx based cards cheap? what brand/model should i be looking for? i've been using adaptec cards exclusively up to now. having heard many good things about the ncrs from these groups lately, i would like give them out. thx in advance, ping ------------------------------------------------------------ Steps Network Solutions, Inc. Ping Mai 56 Allison Street ping@stepnet.com San Francisco, CA 94112-3702 Voice: 415.860.0386 U.S.A. FAX: 415.333.4381 ------------------------------------------------------------ Work keeps away three great evils: boredom, vice, and need. - Voltaire