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Date:      Tue, 18 Nov 1997 01:19:33 -0800 (PST)
From:      Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Status of Adaptec AHA-2920?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.971118011547.398A-100000@luke.cpl.net>
In-Reply-To: <199711180316.WAA16962@flash-gordon.haven.boston.ma.us>

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> According to Donald Burr:
> > Besides, I have NOT been able to find any NCR/SymBIOS cards.  Well, I take
> > that back: I've seen a LOT of cards but I'm not sure what chips they have
> > in them, and when I ask, all I get is "Duuuhhhhh...?"
> > 
> 
> You're right, back when I was looking for a PCI SCSI card for my FreeBSD box,
> I hard a lot of trouble finding a card that I could be sure actually an
> NCR/SymBIOS chipset. I finally settled on a Promise controller 
> (http://www.promise.com). They've got two (used to be three) controllers,
> a fast SCSI and a fast/wide/ultra controller. Seems to work pretty well (I
> haven't really been the system as much as I should :-).

The Diamond Fireport 40 is fairly easy to find... around $169 for a UW
card isnt bad. Adaptec's at the local shops go for around $230. Another
local place has the Asus SC875(same chip as Diamond) for $135. (AJR
Technologies, www.ajr.com)







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