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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!spcuna!ritz!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: Big Disk under FreeBSD???? References: <43fdrk$o6l@titan.ci.ua.pt> <43l8eq$71j@tzlink.j51.com> <DF8nqH.Fyu@ritz.mordor.com> <43seo1$foi@tzlink.j51.com> <43usoi$2nu@keltia.Freenix.FR> Organization: Mordor International Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 15:30:53 GMT X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Message-ID: <DFD73H.860@ritz.mordor.com> Lines: 28 Ollivier Robert (roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) wrote: : In article <43seo1$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/>. : Actually, I recommended the 946C (narrow) and the 956 (wide). I only mentioned the 445 when you said that you were thinking of using 486/VLB boxes. The 946/956 are PCI cards. You should probably do a lot more research into these things before you plunk down your hard-earned cash and attempt ISP-hood. There are a lot of gotchas. Regards, Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451