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From: larry@trauma.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: SCSI PCI host adapter
Date: 28 Aug 1995 13:11:25 -0400
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In article <41sjek$rtu@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de>,
J Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> wrote:
>Rudy Amid <rudy@hcl.com> wrote:
>
>>  How does the NCR controller compares to the Adaptec AHA2940 PCI controller?
>>The price difference is one, but what about performance?
>
>I remember some figures that claimed the AHA2940 could get about 20 %
>more than the NCR.

considering it's about 2 to 3 times the cost..  On another subject,
I can only find the NCR for $129 in the Computer Shopper and it 
"comes with software".  Previous articles mentioned here reference
it's availablity for around $80.  Where can this adapter be picked
up for around $80?

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