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Date:      Tue, 12 Nov 1996 19:51:55 -0600 (CST)
From:      David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
To:        Mark Mayo <mark@quickweb.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: NCR 53c810 -> Where can I get them now?
Message-ID:  <XFMail.961112195419.dkelly@hiwaay.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.94.961112194119.18079A-100000@vinyl.quickweb.com>

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On 01:45:09 Mark Mayo wrote:
>>I just asked a local shop for an NCR 53c810 SCSI controller to replace a
>friend's IDE crap. The shop got back to me and informed me that NCR had
>been bought out by Symbios Logic, who were in turn bought out by AT&T
>(which I was aware of) and he couldn't find anyone to sell him this
>controller!! 

http://www.symbios.com/aboutsym/history.htm says:

A RICH HERITAGE 
Our name is new, but at Symbios Logic, our history spans nearly a 
quarter-century. Symbios Logic Inc. is a wholly owned,independently 
operated subsidiary of Hyundai Electronics America (HEA) and was
established on February 15, 1995, with HEA's purchase of the Company
from AT&T Global Information Solutions Co.

>Anyone know of any other manufacturers (Kingston or someone perhaps) that
>used the NCR chipset and have an on board bios so my friend can boot of a
>scsi drive? Or do I have to go Adaptec 2940....

Either or both Asus and Tyan offer PCI SCSI cards with the Symbios
chips. Might browse around the above site and find others.
--
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@tomcat1.tbe.com (wk), dkelly@hiwaay.net (hm)
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