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Date:      Sun, 27 Jun 1999 22:28:45 +0100
From:      Mark Ovens <markov@globalnet.co.uk>
To:        Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
Cc:        dburr@pobox.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Need help choosing a new SCSI card
Message-ID:  <19990627222845.A252@marder-1>
In-Reply-To: <199906271330.PAA00557@yedi.iaf.nl>; from Wilko Bulte on Sun, Jun 27, 1999 at 03:30:46PM %2B0200
References:  <19990627113136.A254@marder-1> <199906271330.PAA00557@yedi.iaf.nl>

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On Sun, Jun 27, 1999 at 03:30:46PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> As Mark Ovens wrote ...
> > On Sun, Jun 27, 1999 at 12:06:35AM -0700, Donald Burr wrote:
> > > 
> > 
> > [snip]
> > 
> > > Are there any NCR/Symbios cards that fit the bill?  I really like this
> > > chipset and it is a heck of a lot cheaper than Adaptec...
> > > 
> > 
> > Diamond do a dual channel Fireport. I use the single channel version
> 
>            ^--- did. They gave up on SCSI adapters it seems.

Really? They're still advertising them at
http://www.diamondmm.com/products/buyers_guide.html#SI

> 
> > and it works just fine with FreeBSD (Symbios 875 chip), and they're
> > about half the price of Adaptec cards (in the UK anyway).
> 
> FWIW I have a single channel FP40 which works just dandy.
> 

That's what I use. Good card, except it screws up my floppy drive
(can boot from a floppy but if I then put another floppy in it
stops working - never happened before the FP40 was installed).

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_______________________________________________________________
Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK
CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry
mailto:markov@globalnet.co.uk              http://www.radan.com



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