From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Jun 27 20:15:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6323F14F8B; Sun, 27 Jun 1999 20:15:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA79850; Sun, 27 Jun 1999 23:14:48 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 23:14:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey To: Shawn Ramsey Cc: "John T. Farmer" , crb@ChrisBowman.com, gummibear@we.mediaone.net, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Are SIIG SCSI Cards Supported? In-Reply-To: <19990627194620.C21773@cpl.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, Shawn Ramsey wrote: > > Look at the Diamond Fireport 40. If you look around (www.pricewatch.com > > for starters), you can find the "white box" (card, no cables) for around > > $85 to $90 US. I have one in a web server with seagate wide drives. > > Under FreeBSD, it's fast & works. It's also cheap. What's not to like? > > > > If you want the Adaptec, the 2940uw2 can be found for around $160 to $180. > > The Tekram can be found in the $70 to $90 range. > > The Tekram 390F (UW, 40MB card) works great in FreeBSD, I got one from > techstore.com for $84, the UW2 card from Tekram is $138, although im not > sure how well it works with FreeBSD. Where can you get an Adaptec 2940UW2 > for $160? I don't even look at Adaptec anymore because they prices are so > high, and last time I looked just a 2940UW went for closer to $300, although > the price may be lower now. Those siig people are definitely worth a second look. When the USB drivers get going on FreeBSD, SIIG has USB PCI cards so you can get a USB bus retrofitted into your motherboard. They also have some very nice serial cards. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic and jaunt, both FreeBSD-current. (301) 220-2114 | ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message