From owner-freebsd-questions  Wed Apr  9 19:29:20 1997
Return-Path: <owner-questions>
Received: (from root@localhost)
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA05767
          for questions-outgoing; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 19:29:20 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from sand.sentex.ca (sand.sentex.ca [206.222.77.6])
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA05760
          for <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 19:29:17 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from gravel (gravel.sentex.ca [205.211.165.210]) by sand.sentex.ca (8.8.5/8.8.3) with SMTP id WAA00440; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 22:32:58 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970409221502.00b50760@sentex.net>
X-Sender: mdtancsa@sentex.net
X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32)
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 22:15:02 -0400
To: Glenn Johnson <gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov>
From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
Subject: Re: ASUS SC200 SCSI controller
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970409173649.4564P-100000@localhost>
References: <334C2985.3A2D5BDA@nola.srrc.usda.gov>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org
Precedence: bulk

At 05:40 PM 4/09/97 -0700, Doug White wrote:
>On Wed, 9 Apr 1997, Glenn Johnson wrote:
>
>> I am thinking about buying an ASUS SC200 SCSI controller card. However,
>> provide more details. If I do not have BIOS support, what other
>> inexpensive but good SCSI cards could I look at? Thank you.
>
>Generally, the AWARD BIOSs do have the necessary support for the
>ASUS/NCR/SymBios SCSI controllers.  Your AMI probably doesn't have it.
>
>You can purchase NCR cards with BIOS, one of which I have.  They can be
>difficult to get a hold of from the end-user perspective, but if you check
>Symbios's website at http://www.symbios.com and with your local computer
>suppliers, you may be able to find some.  I have the 53C815, which cost me
>about $125 total.  Very nice card.

Take a look at the ASUS SC-875 which is one step up from the SC-200.  I
just bought one here in Canada for $165+taxes, so I would imagine you could
get it for ~$125 USD.  Its an Ultra/Ultra Wide SCSI with lots of niffty
features.  Seems to work quite well with FreeBSD 2.1.7 and 2.2.1, however I
havent made heavy use of it just yet....

	---Mike
**********************************************************************
Mike Tancsa  (mike@sentex.net)           * To do is to be  -- Nietzsche
Sentex Communications Corp,              * To be is to do  -- Sartre 
Cambridge, Ontario                       * Do be do be do  -- Sinatra
(http://www.sentex.net/~mdtancsa)        *