Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 00:04:05 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Howard Lew <hlew@sequence.Stanford.EDU> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NCR SCSI controller Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961218235703.258J-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.961215110055.7198B-100000@vegemite.Stanford.EDU>
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On Sun, 15 Dec 1996, Howard Lew wrote: > Can anyone give me so info about NCR based SCSI controllers? Is it just > the chip? Which ones work with FreeBSD? And where can I get one? The NCR (now Symbios) SCSI controllers are great performers at a great price. I have a 815 with two 4x SCSI CDs working off of it and not a problem. Of course, these are complete cards, not just the chip. NCR themselves make some 'sample' boards, and I believe TEKRAM and ASUS have units. My card, the 815, has an on-board Flash BIOS that probes the disks on startup and if I had hard disks attached, would make those available for booting. The 810, 815 and I assume the 825 should work with 2.1.6 and 2.2. Support was just committed for the 875 (AMD & Tekram wide units) in -current. I purchased mine from Insight Electronics; information is available from Symbios's web page at the standard: www.symbios.com. Mine was about $120 including shipping. Drivers for many platforms & manuals are included. Updated drivers available via ftp.symbios.com for your other platforms. Hope this helps. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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