Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 00:13:08 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: wsware@vnet.net (Scott Ware) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Building new system... Message-ID: <199807280413.AAA08684@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <000801bdb9c6$30c93dc0$07dd52a6@maxdor.vnet.net> from Scott Ware at "Jul 27, 98 09:22:28 pm"
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Scott Ware wrote: [Charset iso-8859-1 unsupported, filtering to ASCII...] > I'm working on a new system and Plan on > using SCSI and a 100Base card. > > On the SCSI I want to Run: > The Main Hard Drive > a Zip Drive > a CD-Rom Drive > a CD-RW Drive (If there are drivers) > > What I want to know is What is Known to work well? > For the SCSI I like Adaptec, and for the NIC I like Intel > Please tell me exactly the Card to BUY!!! > Get a AIC-7880 or 7890 (7890 supported now in cam) on the mother board. These are like the 2940UW scsi cards sold separately. Ditto the Intel 10/100B NIC. Lots of mobos have these now. You save two PCI slots. You save money. I have no recommendations about the other hware, except avoid 10K RPM drives unless your case has /good/ cooling. Dave -- Sancho Panza: `Microsoft Windows NT Server is the most secure network operating system available.' Don Quixote: `You are mistaken, Sancho.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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