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From: osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: SCSI controller/disk for 386bsd
Date: 29 Jul 1993 16:30:59 GMT
Organization: Computer Science, MSU, Bozeman MT, 59717
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In article <1993Jul29.122202.23050@nynexst.com>,
Zvi Guter <zvi@nynexst.com> wrote:
>I know that this question in some form has been asked several
>million times already, but I never see any answers. Therefore, 
>I am giving it a try myself.
>
>system: 486/33 ISA gateway machine with an IDE hard drive.
>
>I want to add a SCSI controller and disk to this system.
>I would like to solicit from the Net any info on good candidates
>for this addition. Note the 'add' keyword, I still want to use the
>IDE drive. (Note: the disk may be an external disk.)

By far and away, your best bet is  to get an Adaptec 1542B (Not the
C, I think there's still problems with it).

Adaptec is the only controller that's really being pushed, although 
I am sure the other implementations are fine, Adaptec is by far
the most popular, and gives good performance.
-- 
 Jaye Mathisen, COE Systems Manager                (406) 994-4780
 410 Roberts Hall,Dept. of Computer Science
 Montana State University,Bozeman MT 59717	osyjm@cs.montana.edu