From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jan 4 20:07:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA27556 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 4 Jan 1998 20:07:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pluto.njcc.com (root@pluto.njcc.com [165.254.117.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA27548 for ; Sun, 4 Jan 1998 20:07:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from khansen@njcc.com) Received: from Pkhansen (khansen.njcc.com [199.224.2.142]) by pluto.njcc.com (8.8.7/8.8.3) with ESMTP id XAA04310; Sun, 4 Jan 1998 23:07:21 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199801050407.XAA04310@pluto.njcc.com> Reply-To: <@njcc.com> From: "Ken Hansen" To: "Alfred Perlstein" , Subject: Re: SCSI on Soundblaster16? Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 23:07:39 -0500 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1162 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk I can't speak to support for the chip in FreeBSD (it is an AHA-1510/20) but I can say that you would more than likely do beter getting a NCR 810 or similar SCSI card for $40-60 and a true SB16 for about same, than getting the SB16-SCSI. I have one, and the interface is OK, but it is nothing to get excited over... (IMHO). Ken khansen@njcc.com ---------- > From: Alfred Perlstein > To: hackers@freebsd.org > Subject: SCSI on Soundblaster16? > Date: Sunday, December 28, 1997 5:04 PM > > Is the integrated SCSI adapter on the SoundBlaster16 any good? would i be > wasting my money and sanity trying to hook up a 16x CD-rom to it? what's > the best i can expect from the darn thing (the SCSI adapter)? > > i would like to hook up a SCSI cdrom to it, but if the adapter is really > trash i might as well get an ATAPI IDE, they're cheaper anyhow.... > > plus is the driver even stable? > > thank you, > -Alfred