Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 15:39:09 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: shawn@luke.cpl.net (Shawn Ramsey) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCSI-II vs Ultra-SCSI Message-ID: <199703262139.PAA02605@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970326121227.3057B-100000@luke.cpl.net> from Shawn Ramsey at "Mar 26, 97 12:14:08 pm"
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In a previous message, Shawn Ramsey said: > > 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) Actually, looking through the SCSI FAQ, it appears that the 1542B is 5MB/s, the 1542CF gets you 10. > You would be well off getting a better card(PCI), such as NCR/Symbios > cards. Very cheap, and peform very well. I know. I'm trying to upgrade a step at a time. I got a second 1542B for free (so far) from a Linux guy. And I plan to send my old controller with the current 1gig disk to my Mom, when I get a new disk. I think it was also in the FAQ that *any* current IDE would be higher performance than the 1542B. I have a Gigabyte MB with Triton II with the 2 EIDE controllers. Paul. -- All generalizations are false.
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