From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 15 11:20:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA10648 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 11:20:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xmission.xmission.com (softweyr@xmission.xmission.com [198.60.22.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA10635 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 11:20:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from softweyr@localhost) by xmission.xmission.com (8.8.5/8.7.5) id MAA12578; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 12:19:26 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC Message-Id: <199708151819.MAA12578@xmission.xmission.com> Subject: Re: looking for cheap scsi card recommendations To: harpo@javanet.com (John Szumowski) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 12:19:23 -0600 (MDT) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <33F481CE.52DF@javanet.com> from "John Szumowski" at Aug 15, 97 12:20:30 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I recently aquired a gig SCSI drive...and am looking for a cheap SCSI > controller with a BIOS to drive it. I have an Adaptec 1535- not bad, but > I can't use it to boot the drive. Surf on over to http://www.swt.com/deals.html#scsicards. They have a card with the NCR 815 chip & bios for $89. Also, I've seen the DTC 3130 with an 815 chip and bios at Future Shop here for $109 or so. I'll be getting a new pentium (well, probably K5) system next month, and I think I'll try the SWT card. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com