From owner-freebsd-scsi Thu Oct 31 08:55:07 1996 Return-Path: owner-freebsd-scsi Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA20102 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Thu, 31 Oct 1996 08:55:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from GndRsh.aac.dev.com (GndRsh.aac.dev.com [198.145.92.241]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA20093 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 1996 08:55:03 -0800 (PST) Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by GndRsh.aac.dev.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA04790; Thu, 31 Oct 1996 08:54:17 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199610311654.IAA04790@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD support for Adaptec/Buslogic drivers In-Reply-To: <199610311528.AA239535687@ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at> from "Hr.Ladavac" at "Oct 31, 96 04:28:06 pm" To: lada@ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at (Hr.Ladavac) Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 08:54:17 -0800 (PST) Cc: imp@village.org, lada@ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at, scsi@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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