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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!worldlinx.com!news.hcl.com!news.hcl.com!not-for-mail From: rudy@hcl.com (Rudy Amid) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Re: SCSI PCI host adapter Followup-To: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.setup Date: 28 Aug 1995 03:18:31 -0400 Organization: Hummingbird Communications Ltd. Lines: 21 Message-ID: <41rqk7$2oj@mailhub.hcl.com> References: <418r3m$9c6@trauma.rn.com> <419963$hst@gate.sinica.edu.tw> <41eadg$1ajc@news.mindspring.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mailhub.hcl.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.periphs.scsi:36025 comp.os.linux.hardware:13878 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:4906 comp.os.linux.setup:17734 Steven A. DuChene (sad@sduchene.mindspring.com) wrote: : taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Brian Tao) wrote: : > NCR53c810 SCSI-2 controllers are advertised at $80 each, if you : >have a motherboard that supports them (I believe all the recent ASUS : >PCI boards do). Very fast, very reliable controllers. I've got four : >of them here (not all in one machine, unfortunately ;-)). : Actually if you are only going to use the SCSI devices in Linux and don't plan : on booting from them Linux can see the card and any devices hung off of it : without the NCR BIOS in the motherboard. This is how I am using the a 53c810 : $79 card in my system. How does the NCR controller compares to the Adaptec AHA2940 PCI controller? The price difference is one, but what about performance? -- Rudy Amid (rudy@hcl.com) SysAdmin: Hummingbird Comms., Ltd. Toronto, Canada ramid@nyx.cs.du.edu (Public Access Unix System) NT/Win95/Unix Internet Relay Chat: Radix // #include <std.disclaimer> URL: http://nyx10.cs.du.edu:8001/~ramid \X/ /* My Own Opinions, Only */