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From: vthrc@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au (Danny Thomas)
Subject: other SCSI boards? newcomer poses FAQ
Message-ID: <vthrc.720948223@brolga>
Keywords: scsi adaptek dat faq
Sender: news@bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au (USENET News System)
Organization: Prentice Centre, University of Queensland
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 07:23:43 GMT
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hello,
We are thinking of setting up a 386BSD system for netnews, email, NFS,
etc; ie primarily as a network server. Apart from whether the OS is stable
enough for this role we also need to know whether the Adaptek local-bus SCSI
controller would work. I had a brief look through agate.berkeley.edu
including the unofficial FAQ and INSTALLATION.NOTES and they only mention
the Adaptec 1542 and Seagate/Future Domain boards. I'm told the 1542 is
quite expensive (A$600) but I've got no idea why this is so - our local
clone dealer says that their local-bus SCSI controller, quite reasonably
priced at A$195, is an Adaptek one though no model was mentioned. Apart from
the price, the local-bus card should give better performance with a fast
disk, Fujitsu 1G. Eventually we may end up with a commercial UN*X box which
is why we want to invest in a SCSI disk that could be moved onto either a
Mac or UN*X box.
A related question is whether 386BSD can _easily_ use a DAT drive for
backup (remember I'm a novice).
The only netnews machine I have _convenient_ access to doesn't have this
group, so I'd appreciate email copies of any reply postings.
cheers,
X500: @c=AU [I'm about to update VTHRC entries, soon...]
@o=University of Queensland
@ou=Physiology and Pharmacology Department
@ou=Vision Touch and Hearing
@cn=Danny Thomas
@rfc822Mailbox=vthrc@cc.uq.oz.au