Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 16:12:02 -0700 (MST) From: gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com (Justin T. Gibbs) To: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FW: support for AIC 7895 Message-ID: <199712052312.QAA27936@narnia.plutotech.com> In-Reply-To: <199712051938.LAA07942@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net> References: <199712051938.LAA07942@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net>
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In article <199712051938.LAA07942@gatekeeper.alameda.net>, Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> writes: >> I recently put together a system based upon the Tyan Thunder 2 >> motherboard, which has on-board an Adaptec AIC 7895 SCSI controller. >> (This is supposed to be "equivalent to a 3940-AUW", to quote the >> motherboard documentation. Strangely, the Adaptec web site seems to >> contain no info on the AIC 7895.) > > Which is also incorrect. All 3940[|U|W|UW] I have seen are based on the > Adaptec AIC-7870 or AIC-7880. I guess you haven't seen the 3940AUW. This is a cost reduced version of the 3940 that uses a single aic7895 instead of two aic7880s and a Dec bridge chip. Although cost reduced, it should offer better performance than the older 3940 non A version. -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD - Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================
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