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Subject: Re: FreeBSD support for Adaptec/Buslogic drivers
To: imp@village.org (Warner Losh)
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 11:20:10 +0100 (MEZ)
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In-Reply-To: <E0vIpg6-0000ag-00@rover.village.org> from "Warner Losh" at Oct 30, 96 10:28:30 pm
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E-mail message from Warner Losh contained:
> 
> 
> [ I hope this is the right list ]
> 
> What's the level of support for the Adaptec 2920 in the -current and
> -stable trees?  How about the Adaptec 2825 dual IDE and SCSI card
> (SCSI side is the only one I'm interested in)?  Hw about the Buslogic 
> KT-930?  I've also seen something called the Siig 540 or 520.  Anybody
> know about them?
> 
> Basically, I'm looking for a cheap, supported SCSI card that isn't the
> Adaptech 1522A for a friend.  The above cards were in the computer
> shopper as being < $180, and I was wondering which is the most
> stable.  The Adaptech 1542CF looks great, but is just out of reach at
> $199 and up :-(.

AFAIK, 2920 is an ex-Future Domain product, PIO only, no better than
1522.  Not worth the money nor time, IMHO.  

If you want cheap SCSI, how about NCR?

/Marino
> 
> Warner
>