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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!news.mathworks.com!news.alpha.net!usenet From: Dick@Seaman.Chenequa.WI.US(Richard Seaman, Jr.) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Where can one buy the NCR810 PCI SCSI chip? Date: 18 Oct 1994 02:39:06 GMT Organization: Alpha.net -- Milwaukee, WI Lines: 34 Message-ID: <37vcga$19d@homer.alpha.net> References: <Cxu6rC.Mut@beaver.cs.washington.edu> Reply-To: Dick@Seaman.Chenequa.WI.US(Richard Seaman, Jr.) NNTP-Posting-Host: odysseus.quaestus.com X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.02 In <Cxu6rC.Mut@beaver.cs.washington.edu>, herron@cs.washington.edu (Gary Herron) writes: >This question has been asked twice, but with no response on >the net, so I'll try again. > >From were can one buy the NCR 53c825 PCI SCSI chip, or >alternately, which motherboards come with this chip >installed? > >With the recent release by Wolfgang Stanglmeier and Stefan >Esser (se@fileserv1.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE) of a driver for this >chip (ftp'able from FTP.Uni-Koeln.DE:~ftp/packages/FreeBSD), >and its rumored inclusion in upcoming versions of both >NetBSD and FreeBSD, this seems like a good way to go for >those of us shopping for a new PC. > >Thanks for any help you can give. > > >-- >Dr. Gary Herron | Email: gjh@ag.wa.com >Applied Geometry | Snail: PO Box 4561 >206-628-0342 | Seattle WA 98104 I don't have the chip myself, but if you check the comp.os.os2.misc group there are two postings regarding summaries of PCI motherboards and summaries of PCI scsi adaptors. Both postings discuss motherboards with NCR 53c8xx support, though it may not be comprehensive, and is obviously biased toward OS/2 support. Richard Seaman, Jr. Dick@Seaman.Chenequa.WI.US 5182 North Maple Lane voice: 414-367-5450 Chenequa, WI 53058 fax: 414-367-5852