From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jun 1 19:30:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA13290 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 19:30:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from quark.ChrisBowman.com (crbowman.erols.com [209.122.47.155]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA13140 for ; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 19:29:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from crb@ChrisBowman.com) Received: from localhost (crb@localhost) by quark.ChrisBowman.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA02079; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 22:30:41 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from crb@ChrisBowman.com) X-Authentication-Warning: quark.ChrisBowman.com: crb owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 22:30:41 -0500 (EST) From: "Christopher R. Bowman" To: "John T. Farmer" cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Wide SCSI adaptors... In-Reply-To: <199806011746.NAA01141@sabre.goldsword.com> 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 Mon, 1 Jun 1998, John T. Farmer wrote: > >Looking at getting a Wide SCSI PCI card for a new server here. >Motherboard is a Tyan dual processor "Tomcat III." So far I've >found 2 possibliities, the ASUS SC275, and the Tekram >390F item. The tekram appears to decent & I get grab one for $30 >to $60 less than the ASUS. > >I know the ASUS card works well in FreeBSD, but if the Tekram is as >good & supported (It does appear to be a plain 875 board with onboard >flashable BIOS), well saving $30 to $60 _always_ appeals to the Scots >blood in me (:^>, being part Scots, I guess I can say such things..) > >So, ASUS or Tekram? Opinions, experiences, advice wanted. Guarantied >that I will listen, & do something! > >Thanks >John > >ps. In case it matters, the adpator (& the Tyan dual Tomcat) are > going into a web server. While plain scsi would prob. be fast > enough, I have some wide Seagate 2.1gb Hawks just setting here. > (couldn't get them sold fast enough before prices tumbled... > Did get the Adaptec 3940W card sold tho...) Never had a problem with my 390F, been very happy with it. Don't have anything to compareit with though. --------- Christopher R. Bowman crb@ChrisBowman.com My home page To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message