From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jun 28 2:16:24 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mailgate.cadence.com (mailgate.Cadence.COM [158.140.2.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43AFB15233; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 02:16:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ngr@symbionics.co.uk) Received: (from smap@localhost) by mailgate.cadence.com (8.8.5/8.6.8) id CAA17726; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 02:16:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from symnt3.Cadence.COM(194.32.101.100) by mailgate.cadence.com via smap (mjr-v1.2) id xma930561375.017707; Mon, 28 Jun 99 02:16:15 -0700 Received: by symnt3.cadence.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id ; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 10:15:27 +0100 Message-ID: <1E485299309FD211A2100090271E27A41430AA@symnt3.cadence.com> From: Nigel Roles To: FreeBSD SCSI , FreeBSD Hardware Subject: RE: Need help choosing a new SCSI card Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 10:15:25 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Symbios do an 896 based card called a Symbios 22910. These you may need to buy via LSI Logic, which I agree is not good. This is a 64 bit card, so check that the motherboard you have has proper 32 bit sockets. Mine didn't so I had to 'trim' the end with a soldering iron to get the card in. This card has dual internal and external connectors, all wide, i.e. no 50 way narrow connector. I use a converter on the card to attach a 50 way cable. The converter needss no terminator for the wide portion since it is so close to the chip. If you can get Adaptec for $159 then this is not cheaper! I would have thought that getting 2 Tekram DC390U2Ws would be a better bet since they come with loads of cables and connectors and auto switching terminators, i.e. you can mix LVDS and Ultra on a cable and get the best from both. Intraserver also do an 896 card but I have no experience of it. AMI do a motherboard (MegarumII) with the 896 on board. -----Original Message----- From: Donald Burr [mailto:dburr@pobox.com] Sent: Saturday, June 26, 1999 3:23 AM To: FreeBSD SCSI; FreeBSD Hardware Subject: Need help choosing a new SCSI card It was bound to happen. After getting a new (external) tape drive and hooking it up to my system, I now find that my SCSI chain is too long to work reliably. If I unplug all my external devices (thus leaving only the internal hard drives), everything works fine. So it's time to get me a new SCSI card -- one with multiple buses on the same card. Normally, I would buy a second SCSI card, but unfortunately I am also out of PCI slots. So I need some help from the FreeBSD SCSI community in choosing a new card! Here are my requirements: * IMPORTANT!! Separate SCSI buses for internal and external connector. My SCSI chain is too long to have both internal and external be on the same bus. * Narrow Ultra SCSI support (50-pin, 20MB/s). I don't have any Wide or Ultra2/U2W/etc. devices, nor do I plan on getting any. * FreeBSD compatibility, of course! But it would be great if the card works under Linux as well, since I have to do projects in Linux now and then. * Reasonable cost. I unfortunately don't have a lot of money to spend. Are there any NCR/Symbios cards that fit the bill? I really like this chipset and it is a heck of a lot cheaper than Adaptec... In addition, if someone can point me to a good mail order (or Web order) place where I can get this card, I would be very grateful. Thanks! --- Donald Burr -Member The FreeBSD Project| PGP: Your *NEW* WWW HomePage: http://more.at/dburr/ ICQ #16997506 | right to Address: P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 | 'Net privacy. Phone: (805) 957-9666 FAX: (800) 492-5954 | USE IT. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message