Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 23:57:42 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> To: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, FreeBSD-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: controller Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003182354180.32633-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <200003190405.VAA30641@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com>
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On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Steve Passe wrote: > Hi, > > > On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Warner Losh wrote: > > > > > In message <200003190349.UAA30500@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> Steve Passe writes: > > > : Be sure to get the "white box" version that includes the LVD cable, some are > > > : just a bare card. The cable/terminator is a rather elaborate device, and can > > > : set you back another $50-60 if purchased separately. > > > > > > Hmmm. The whitebox one I got didn't have cables. However, I didn't > > > need the cables.... > > > > Huh. Where'd you get the version with the cables, Steve? > > I didn't (not yet anyways) but am shopping for a pair of 29160s and noticed by > reading the fine print that there are bare cards, white boxes with cables but > no manuals, and complete "kits" with board, manuals, drivers, etc. I also > noticed that the types of cables differ slightly between the white box and > the retail kit. go to pricewatch.com and search on 19260. they sort hits > in ascending price order, so the bare boards appear first, then the white > boxes, then the complete kits. Some give enough description to see the diffs > I have mentioned. (I did this in the context of 29160, so your search on > 19160 may differ...) Also be aware of differences between the various xx160 > series of cards as to int/ext connectors: > > http://www.adaptec.com/products/guide/ultra160scsi.html I see. From pricewatch, 19160's go for about 160-185, 29160's are about $200, and 39160's are starting at $240. I will have to check the cables, but does our driver support the 39160's? I will have two drives, I have two controllers now, it seems like a good bet to get the better controller. Note that the 39160 is a dual bus controller, and it even has a separate Ultra-2 50 pin I/F for my cdrom :-) > > -- > Steve Passe | powered by > smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@picnic.mat.net | electronics, communications, and signal processing. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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