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Date:      Wed, 26 Mar 1997 12:14:08 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net>
To:        "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SCSI-II vs Ultra-SCSI
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.970326121227.3057B-100000@luke.cpl.net>
In-Reply-To: <199703261903.NAA00295@horton.iaces.com>

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> Hi all, 
> 	In my continuing saga of upgrading my home machine, I have a question
> on SCSI. My machine is still using a 1542B (Adaptec ISA, SCSI-II), and I 
> need more disk. Can I put an Ultra Disk on it? 
> 
> 	Yes I know, that if it works it will not get optimum preformance,
> that's fine for now. I found a 3.2 Gig Quantum for $399 from PC-Zone
> which I could justify over a ~4.0 Gig EIDE drive for around $360.

You should be able to use it with an adapter. I also don't think you would
lose much/any performance, unless you are using more bandwidth than the
card allows(10MB/s)

You would be well off getting a better card(PCI), such as NCR/Symbios
cards. Very cheap, and peform very well.






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