From owner-freebsd-scsi Wed Feb 19 07:40:19 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA28262 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Wed, 19 Feb 1997 07:40:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from sand.sentex.ca (sand.sentex.ca [206.222.77.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA28257 for ; Wed, 19 Feb 1997 07:40:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from gravel (gravel.sentex.ca [205.211.165.210]) by sand.sentex.ca (8.8.3/8.8.3) with SMTP id KAA19445; Wed, 19 Feb 1997 10:49:10 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970219102901.00b30b00@sentex.net> X-Sender: mdtancsa@sentex.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 10:29:01 -0500 To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) From: Mike Tancsa Subject: Re: ASUS SC-200 vs SC-875 Cc: scsi@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: <3.0.1.32.19970218121828.00a42af0@sentex.net> <3.0.1.32.19970218121828.00a42af0@sentex.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 09:22 AM 2/19/97 +0100, J Wunsch wrote: >As Mike Tancsa wrote: > >> Or should I pay a little >> extra for the Ultra version ? We dont have any ultra drives just yet... >> Would it matter for now? > >Obviously, the Ultra version wouldn't get you anything then, but it >doesn't harm either. If you plan to buy Ultra drives in the future, >well then it's ``already there''. > >> Also, how are the drivers for the NCR based SCSI >> controllers ? Are they as stable as the Adaptec ones ? > >At least as stable. Thanks for the response.... As Craig Shaver reccomended, I think I will end up getting the Ultra card for now and use it as a standard SCSI controller in the 2.1.5 news box... When 2.2 release comes out, I will upgrade the O/S and perhaps wangle an ULTRA drive out of the boss and use the card more to its potential... ---Mike