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Date:      Wed, 9 Apr 1997 21:02:26 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Stephane Legrand <stephane@e2c.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SCSI card : Asus SC200 or Tekram DC390 ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970409210153.4997d-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <v01510103af6e88268ab5@[195.25.51.10]>

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On Mon, 7 Apr 1997, Stephane Legrand wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I want to buy a cheap scsi2 card for my freebsd (2.1.5) box.
> I hesitate between Asus SC200 and Tekram DC390.
> 
> I heard that the main problem with Asus SC200 is that it doesn't include a
> scsi BIOS and, therefore, it doesn't work if the PC mainboard doesn't
> support NCR bios ? Is that true ? And how to verify if my mainboard is
> comptatible ?

what BIOS does your motherboard have?

> Second, i also read in mailing list archive that the Tekram use an AMD chip
> which is not so good than NCR chip used by Asus. Again, is that true ?
> Which card is the best for scsi2 ?

I prefer the NCR's since I know it's supported.  Great performance, cheap
price :)

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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