From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Jun 12 15:15:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA28225 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 15:15:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from caladan.tdx.co.uk (caladan.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA28102 for ; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 15:15:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kpielorz@tdx.co.uk) Received: from tdx.co.uk (lorca-tx.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.242]) by caladan.tdx.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA18475; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 23:14:49 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from kpielorz@tdx.co.uk) Message-ID: <3581A859.21A9586E@tdx.co.uk> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 23:14:49 +0100 From: Karl Pielorz Organization: TDX X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ben Goodwin CC: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Still working on putting together machine References: <199806121649.MAA10840@poseidon.hamsterville.ultranet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Ben Goodwin wrote: > > I know I asked this list earlier about a list of recommended hardware.. > I've been trying to get quotes together for systems, asking for the > NCR53C875-based controller, and no one seems to be able to have them. > I was also recommended the 2940, but I'm searching the archives and I'm > a little scared to go with the 2940UW. Is it going to function > properly in 226R? Maybe I can just get the SCSI card from some other > vendor separately - any suggestions as to where I should purchase one > from? TIA! Hi, I'm the 'proud' or otherwise owner of 3 x 2940UW's, the only problem I've had with them has been termination - which was my fault, and with 40Mhz kicking around ribbon cable - you probably can't blame them for that... ;-) I've never had any problems with them in FreeBSD - some people say there not the fastest, to be honest - I've not tried anything else (though I've thought about it). They work, and at this point in my life - I'm quite happy with things that 'work'... (maybe that explains why I'm running FreeBSD? ) Regards, Karl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message