Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 10:32:35 +0100 (MEZ) From: "Hr.Ladavac" <lada@ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at> To: rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com (Rodney W. Grimes) Cc: lada@ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at, imp@village.org, scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD support for Adaptec/Buslogic drivers Message-ID: <199611040932.AA277309956@ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at> In-Reply-To: <199610311654.IAA04790@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> from "Rodney W. Grimes" at Oct 31, 96 08:54:17 am
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E-mail message from Rodney W. Grimes contained: > > E-mail message from Warner Losh contained: > > > > > > In message <199610311020.AA031447211@ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at> > > > "Hr.Ladavac" writes: > > > : If you want cheap SCSI, how about NCR? > > > > > > Any "brand names" that have a NCR chip on them? Or is this only for > > > those controllers that are built into motherboards? > > > > ASUS SC200 (or something like that) if you require a brand name. > > Otherwise, any run-of-the-mill NCR *810 controller will do, as they are > > nothing more than the chip, a connector, and pcb traces binding them > > together. > > They are not all equal, the ``cheap'' ones use passive termination, > the good ones (ASUS SC-200 and many others) use active termination. Alas, that is true. However, since the resistors are the first thing to go out, and the internal and external active termination goes in, I don't really care--never had a problem. I should have mentioned that in my e-mail, though. Thanks for correcting me. /Marino > > -- > Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com > Accurate Automation, Inc. Reliable computers for FreeBSD >
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