From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 26 13:46:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA00186 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 13:46:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from luke.cpl.net ([206.85.245.131]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA00179 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 13:46:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (shawn@localhost) by luke.cpl.net (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA03471; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 13:46:20 GMT Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 13:46:20 +0000 (GMT) From: Shawn Ramsey To: "Paul T. Root" cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCSI-II vs Ultra-SCSI In-Reply-To: <199703262139.PAA02605@horton.iaces.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > 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. Yeah, I was thinking of Fast SCSI-II, which is 10MB/s. > 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. You can get an Asus SC200, which is a Fast SCSI-II for around $65. Its PCI also. The SC875 goes for around $125 I think, its an Ultra Wide SCSI II. > 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. Well, maybe. Just don't get a Maxtor. :) Your better off avoiding EIDE, but thats just my opionion. :)