Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1996 08:37:01 -0800 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org> To: wes@intele.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Most stable VLB (was EISA) SCSI controller? Message-ID: <199602061637.IAA22620@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 05 Feb 1996 22:38:40 PST." <199602060638.WAA06633@obie.softweyr.com>
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>Some gentle soul queried: > >I assume all the same applies to the 2842? Is the driver actually the >same? And, should I get one of these jewels, should I immediately, >if not sooner, upgrade to 2.1-STABLE? Enquiring minds want to know! Yes, the driver is the same. >A second question for the group: a few mail-order houses are carrying >the 2842 sans EZ-SCSI software, for about $40 discount. Other vendors >tell me they shouldn't be doing this. My local hardware house often >carries Adaptec kits w/o EZ-SCSI, but not in the 2842. Should I go >ahead and buy from these guys who don't feel it necessary to sell me >software I don't want or need? ;^) I've only seen the 2842 as a bare board (OEM style) or in the nice Adaptec box with the full kit. My board came without the kit. >-- > Wes Peters | Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late > Softweyr | The cannons don't thunder, there's nothing to plunder > Consulting | I'm an over forty victim of fate... > wes@intele.net | Jimmy Buffett -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================
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