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Thus spake Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> (Wed, 27 Dec 
1995):

|  On Thu, 28 Dec 1995, Michael Smith wrote:
|  
|  > Bollocks, and a complete waste of money.  Spend less than $100 on an NCR
|  > 53C810-based SCSI controller, and treat yourself to a nice dinner on the
|  > change.  The NCR chips are troopers, and perform just as well.
|  
|  I'm trying to find one of these fabled controllers.  I don't see anything 
|  by NCR.  Are they hidden in someone else's products?
|  

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Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 23:48:44 -0400
From: Michel Joly de Lotbiniere <mjdl@interlog.com>

                            <stuff deleted>

People constantly say that the best inexpensive PCI SCSI busmastering
cards are those using the NCR 53C810 (or whatever the part number is),
but even there, your're best advised to buy an original NCR card:
Symbios Logic PCI Host Bus Adapter SYM8150S (with BIOS)
                        or         SYM8100S (without BIOS, for MBs
                                                with the SDMS bios)

NCR Microelectronics is now independant:
Symbios Logic 1-800-334-5454

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I called them, and they'll be happy to tell you who handles them in your 
area.  In my case it was a convoluted thing done through my company (I 
should've asked for more numbers).  I'm sure it'll be easier for the rest 
of you.

hth,
larry