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From: rone@bofh.noc.best.net (Ron Echeverri)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: aic timed out
Date: 20 Feb 1997 18:29:46 -0800
Organization: fidgety systems administrators gmbh
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In article <330CFB83.167EB0E7@pnk.com>, Curt Finch  <curt@pnk.com> wrote:
>that's kinda bad news since the zip drive uses this adapter driver 
>and it's looking like the cheapest backup solution on earth 

Yeah, well, sometimes you get what you pay for.  I got a cheap SCSI
card myself, but it uses the nca driver instead of the aic driver, so
i don't have to worry about it (although who knows if there's any
problems with the nca driver; i haven't had any yet).

rone
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 Ron Echeverri            Best Internet Chief Naysayer           rone@best.net
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