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From: andrew@wipux2.wifo.uni-mannheim.de (Andrew Wheadon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Recommendation needed on a SCSI host adapter
Date: 25 Sep 1994 10:22:16 GMT
Organization: Rechenzentrum Uni-Mannheim
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Message-ID: <363j0o$h5@darum.uni-mannheim.de>
References: <1994Sep24.180650.13353@ccc.amdahl.com>
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In article <1994Sep24.180650.13353@ccc.amdahl.com>,
Tom Wye <tjw00@petal.uucp> wrote:
>Need a recommendation: What SCSI host Adapter should I buy to run NETBSD 1.0
>or FreeBSD on a Plato P54C/PCI Pentium system?
>Was thinking about the Adaptec 2940 until I read that it will probably
>never be supported unless Adaptec freely releases the specifications.
If you are running PCI then stick with the NCR.

I don't know of any other host adapter currently being supported for PCI.
You could always use a BusLogic adapter for EISA or ISA if your system
has that and doesn't have an NCR.

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