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Date:      Sun, 20 Sep 1998 23:16:54 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        "Joe Gleason" <clash@tasam.com>
Cc:        "spork" <spork@super-g.com>, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SCSI card used at cdrom.com? 
Message-ID:  <199809210616.XAA05524@word.smith.net.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 21 Sep 1998 01:13:20 EDT." <004101bde51e$b6313660$f10408d1@bug.tasam.com> 

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> Wont the PCI bus still run at it's 33mhz regardless of what the system bus
> is and therefor the system bus speed would have no effect on PCI devices?

Generally correct, yes.

> >Are there any known problems with the Adaptec cards with the new 100MHz
> >chipsets?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Charles
> >
> >On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, Ollivier Robert wrote:
> >
> >> According to Omar Thameen:
> >> > What SCSI controller is being used in the FreeBSD boxes at cdrom.com?
> >> > We like to mirror what y'all use because if it performs there, we
> >> > know it'll be great for us.
> >>
> >> Check with <ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/>, there is a file named config that
> >> describe the configuration.
> >>
> >> I think there is 3 busses, two on a 3940 and one on a 2940.
> >>
> >> > machine with Adaptec 2940's), but we want to get an ultra-wide
> >> > controller and our vendor is telling us he can't locate Mylex's
> >> > BT958's.
> >>
> >> Either Adaptec 7880/7890-based or NCR/Symbios 875/6 cards should do fine.
> >> --
> >> Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=-
> roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
> >> FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-BETA #0: Sat Sep 19 23:38:25 CEST 1998
> >>
> >>
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