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Date:      Thu, 28 Dec 1995 12:28:46 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        craigs@venus.os.com (Craig Shrimpton)
Cc:        JSINNOTT@POMONA.EDU, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Recommendations for SCSI card?
Message-ID:  <199512280158.MAA00407@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951225191143.28631A-100000@venus.os.com> from "Craig Shrimpton" at Dec 25, 95 07:14:17 pm

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Craig Shrimpton stands accused of saying:
> 
>>a SCSI card for my PCI and ISA Pentium?  I was ng if anyone had any
>>particularly positive or negative experiences with a brand.  Obviously I want
>>FreeBSD to support the card. :)  Thanks
> 
> Take a look at the Buslogic 946C.  It is a very good PCI busmaster.

Bollocks, and a complete waste of money.  Spend less than $100 on an NCR
53C810-based SCSI controller, and treat yourself to a nice dinner on the
change.  The NCR chips are troopers, and perform just as well.

> -Craig

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