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Date:      Thu, 31 Oct 1996 08:54:17 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
To:        lada@ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at (Hr.Ladavac)
Cc:        imp@village.org, lada@ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at, scsi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD support for Adaptec/Buslogic drivers
Message-ID:  <199610311654.IAA04790@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
In-Reply-To: <199610311528.AA239535687@ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at> from "Hr.Ladavac" at "Oct 31, 96 04:28:06 pm"

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> E-mail message from Warner Losh contained:
> > 
> > In message <199610311020.AA031447211@ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at>
> > "Hr.Ladavac" writes: 
> > : If you want cheap SCSI, how about NCR?
> > 
> > Any "brand names" that have a NCR chip on them?  Or is this only for
> > those controllers that are built into motherboards?
> 
> ASUS SC200 (or something like that) if you require a brand name.
> Otherwise, any run-of-the-mill NCR *810 controller will do, as they are
> nothing more than the chip, a connector, and pcb traces binding them
> together.

They are not all equal, the ``cheap'' ones use passive termination,
the good ones (ASUS SC-200 and many others) use active termination.

-- 
Rod Grimes                                      rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
Accurate Automation, Inc.                   Reliable computers for FreeBSD



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