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#! rnews 1563 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!jussieu.fr!excalibur!renux.freenix.fr!keltia.frmug.fr.net!not-for-mail From: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Big Disk under FreeBSD???? Date: 22 Sep 1995 17:45:54 GMT Organization: A Happy FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT Usenet Site Lines: 18 Message-ID: <43usoi$2nu@keltia.Freenix.FR> References: <43fdrk$o6l@titan.ci.ua.pt> <43l8eq$71j@tzlink.j51.com> <DF8nqH.Fyu@ritz.mordor.com> <43seo1$foi@tzlink.j51.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: keltia.freenix.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In article <43seo1$foi@tzlink.j51.com>, Louis Epstein <lepslog@j51.com> wrote: > Well,hello...saw you at Expo,of course...just what is the difference > between N and W...I got a catalogue today with specs for both and N = Narrow = 8bits data path W = Wide = 16 or 32bits data path. > the Wides cost more but have the same transfer rate and seek time... > and can that BusLogic 445 controller you recommended handle Wide anyway? The BT-445 does not support Wide drivers. I don't know of any pure ISA card which can support Wide HD. The VLB 28xx from Adaptec can. The Wide version for Buslogic is the BT757. Have a look at <URL:http://www.buslogic.com/>. [ Cc: to Louis ] -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The daemon is FREE! -=- roberto@freebsd.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- FreeBSD 2.x FAQ maintainer -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-