From owner-freebsd-scsi Sun Jun 27 14:32:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from sand.global.net.uk (sand.global.net.uk [194.126.82.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E73E814CE5; Sun, 27 Jun 1999 14:32:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marko@globalnet.co.uk) Received: from p12s01a06.client.global.net.uk ([195.147.209.19] helo=marder-1.) by sand.global.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 10yMXN-0005Bl-00; Sun, 27 Jun 1999 22:32:29 +0100 Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id WAA00294; Sun, 27 Jun 1999 22:28:46 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from marko) Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 22:28:45 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Wilko Bulte 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> References: <19990627113136.A254@marder-1> <199906271330.PAA00557@yedi.iaf.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <199906271330.PAA00557@yedi.iaf.nl>; from Wilko Bulte on Sun, Jun 27, 1999 at 03:30:46PM +0200 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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). > -- > | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands - Powered by FreeBSD - > |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte WWW : http://www.tcja.nl http://www.freebsd.org > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message