From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri May 23 18:25:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA28908 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 23 May 1997 18:25:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA28902 for ; Fri, 23 May 1997 18:25:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id KAA03614; Sat, 24 May 1997 10:55:04 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199705240125.KAA03614@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Adaptec 2910B In-Reply-To: from Brandon Gillespie at "May 23, 97 02:03:21 pm" To: brandon@cold.org (Brandon Gillespie) Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 10:55:03 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Brandon Gillespie stands accused of saying: > Is the Adaptec 2910B a 'decent' SCSI controller, or are there things I > should be concerned about with it? I am basically trying to find a decent > PCI scsi controller that will serve a CDROM and Scanner (right now I have > a cheap Future Domain 8bit piece of crap card that causes problems with > my sound system). No. Get an NCR-based controller; you should be able to get a cheapie for about the same money, or less, than the Adaptec. > -Brandon Gillespie -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[