From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 18 18:14:08 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) id SAA26185 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 18 Jul 1995 18:14:08 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id SAA26168 for ; Tue, 18 Jul 1995 18:13:36 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id KAA07218; Wed, 19 Jul 1995 10:57:48 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199507190127.KAA07218@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: SCSI hardrive controller To: timb@thud.cdrom.com (Tim Bach) Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 10:57:41 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199507182230.PAA04861@thud.cdrom.com> from "Tim Bach" at Jul 18, 95 03:30:37 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1008 Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Tim Bach stands accused of saying: > > > I am about to purchase a SCSI controller and was wonder which one > people recommend.. There's a wide range which perform very well; it depends on your bus of preference. > I am not subscribed to this newsgroup so please email any replies thanks. > Still deciding which to go with pci or scsi..I would like a decent one > but price is a issue. > I am pci or vesa.. > mean.. PCI is definitely the way to go; you can get an NCR 53C810 based SCSI controller for <$100 which will perform nearly as well as any other controller you care to name, and at that price, nobody complains 8) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[