Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 10:51:56 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: xxnguyen@utacnvx.uta.edu (Mr. TR Nguyen) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Future Domain TMC-1680SVP Fast SCSI-2 Message-ID: <199508070121.KAA21937@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199508061942.OAA07883@utacnvx.uta.edu> from "Mr. TR Nguyen" at Aug 6, 95 02:42:34 pm
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Mr. TR Nguyen stands accused of saying: > Just saw a Future Domain TMC 1680SVP at my local Incredible Universe > priced at $110.00. the FreeBSD README/RELeaseNOTes only mention the > 8xx and 95x series, and I'm wondering what you guys think of this particular > card. I'm seriously considering adding SCSI HDD to my existing FBSD2.0-R > box (now running with 2 IDE drives) > Any thoughts? comments? hellish nightmares to share? Don't buy it. There may someday be support for it, but nobody's particularly keen because their performance is pretty awful. > TR Nguyen > Of course... I do realize if I just go with this high-end Adaptec card > I'm dreaming of, this would be asked... but it would break my budget... A secondhand 1542 shouldn't cost you much more, and it'll walk all over the FD card. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[
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