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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.dacom.co.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!overload.lbl.gov!doright.lbl.gov!not-for-mail From: jin@doright.lbl.gov (Jin Guojun[ITG]) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Ultimate BSD PC Hardware Setup Date: 18 Sep 1995 16:50:26 -0700 Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Lines: 30 Message-ID: <43l0k2$i1a@doright.lbl.gov> References: <43df2f$id@future.internexus.net> <MICHAELV.95Sep17014633@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> <811439745.10029@kiss.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: doright.lbl.gov In article <811439745.10029@kiss.demon.co.uk>, Phil Taylor <phil@zipmail.co.uk> wrote: >In article <MICHAELV.95Sep17014633@MindBender.HeadCandy.com>, >michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com says... >> >>Personally, I'd buy an NCR 53c810-based SCSI card, or a BusLogic, >>before I'd ever give money to Adaptec. But, to each his/her own. > >Why ???? I am running a pair of P90's both with 2940's and 2GB Seagate Drives >and Quad Speed CDROM's (and FreeBSD 2.0.5). > >Both machines are super quick AND super stable (never crashed !!!!) > >What is your problem with Adaptec ????? (dont knock it till you've tried it !) The problem is $255 (Adaptec) vs. $55 (NCR) I guess. BusLogic is OK one but cost $240 too. NCR is the best on for both performance and price. I have 40 of them on our 20 different Pentinum100 - 120 - 133 systems. I have no experience on Micronics motherboard. For more information for BSD, look www-itg.lbl.gov/ISS/performance.ps. -- /-------------- Jin Guojun ------------ v ---- Internet: g_jin@lbl.gov ----\ | Imaging & Distributed Computing | Usenet: ucbvax!g_jin@lbl.gov | | Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory | Bitnet: -- | | 50B-2239, Berkeley, CA 94720 - jin%george.lbl.gov@Csa3.LBL.Gov | \--Ph#:(510) 486-7531 + Fax: 486-6363 --^--http://www-itg.lbl.gov/ITG.html-/