From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed May 20 17:10:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA00542 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 20 May 1998 17:10:50 -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 RAA00495 for ; Wed, 20 May 1998 17:10:39 -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 QAA02496; Wed, 20 May 1998 16:05:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199805202305.QAA02496@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Matthew Jacob cc: Mike Smith , Richard Foulk , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI Differential cards In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 20 May 1998 16:58:58 PDT." <35636E42.6780B600@feral.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 16:05:15 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > > > > Yes, but don't assume that any post-sales interaction with > them will be anything but painful. Hmm, I can't really comment on that, as I've never had to interact with them post-sales. > Also, the NCR based > adapters often get hysterical if you don't have a disk you're > going to boot from them on that channel. Er, they do? Are you referring to the particular adapter from CSC, or just NCR adapters in general? I can't say in all the time I've been using them that I've ever encountered this... -- \\ 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