From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed May 20 16:35:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA24310 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 20 May 1998 16:35:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA24235 for ; Wed, 20 May 1998 16:35:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA02356; Wed, 20 May 1998 15:30:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199805202230.PAA02356@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI Differential cards In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 20 May 1998 11:20:26 -1000." <199805202120.LAA27512@pegasus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 15:30:20 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > } > } I have purchased 2 Barracuda ST32171WD Ultra-scsi 3 HDs ($89 each ;^) ) > } and I have to buy a differential scsi card. Has anyone had any good/bad > } experiences with the mylex 958d cards? > } > > I've had trouble with other mylex interfaces. I'd stay away from this one > simply because it's not very popular, thus support will be spotty. > > I think some of the Adaptec boards are available in differential versions. Try http://www.corpsys.com/, they have an NCR-based PCI differential controller for $195. This is about as good/cheap as you're going to get. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message