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Xref: sserve comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:19062 comp.os.linux.hardware:2604 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5514 comp.os.os2.misc:127485 Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.os2.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!pacbell.com!amdahl.com!news.fujitsu.com!nntp-sc.barrnet.net!nntp-hub.barrnet.net!nntp-ucb.barrnet.net!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!qwerty.fsl.noaa.gov!junco.fsl.noaa.gov!kelly From: kelly@junco.fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Subject: Re: IDE bad? was Re: List of recommended hardware components Message-ID: <1995Feb14.173638.451@fsl.noaa.gov> Sender: news@fsl.noaa.gov (USENET News System) Organization: Forecast Systems Laboratory References: <3g890k$cbl@ionews.io.org> <3hf3f6$fmi@gap.cco.caltech.edu> <3hn1m2$2dv@hermes.unt.edu> <3ho2kh$prh@lace.colorado.edu> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 17:36:38 GMT Lines: 11 In article <3ho2kh$prh@lace.colorado.edu>, Roderick Smith <rsmith@psych.colorado.edu> wrote: >Not necessarily by much, especially for people with PCI bus computers. >Excellent SCSI controller cards based on the NCR 53c810 controller chip >can be had for as little as $70 If you have the right motherboard BIOS---part of what makes the 53c810-based SCSI controller so cheap is that the firmware normally on the controller card doesn't have to be there. --k