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Date:      Fri, 15 Dec 1995 00:30:25 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Eric J. Chet" <ejc@gargoyle.bazzle.net>
To:        "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ACER Motherboard: SCSI Recommendations?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.951215002810.6493A-100000@gargoyle.bazzle.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951213224151.2892C-100000@hub.org>

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On Wed, 13 Dec 1995, Marc G. Fournier wrote:

> On Wed, 13 Dec 1995, Eric J. Chet wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 13 Dec 1995, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > Hi...
> > > 
> > > 	Now, a friend of mine talked about the NCR PCI controllers
> > > that are relatively cheap (~$100), but he mentioned that they work
> > > particularly good on an ASUS motherboard...
> > > 
> > 	I don't think your motherboard has NCR bios built in, so you
> > could not use the ASUS NCR scsi card.  Acculogic makes a NCR 53c825
> > card which is SCSI-II Fast/Wide and has the bios onboard.  I have
> > used this card without any problems, with FreeBSD 2.0, 2.0.5, 2.1.0.
> > This card sells for about $129 at NECX.
> >
> 
> 	Okay, price is good...but...do I need special hard drives?  I
> hate to say it, but I really don't know what the various types of SCSI 
> are :(  
> 
> 	These are the drives I'm running right now.  They all come
> up as SCSI-2, but that's about the only information that I have on
> them...will they support Fast/Wide?  If not, is there another
> NCR PCI SCSI controller that I can use that will support these
> drives?  Right now, I'm hanging off of an Adaptec 1542 controller...
> 
The card has a external SCSI-II fast port, a internal SCSI-II fast port
and a internal SCSI-II wide port.  It will work with your drives.

ejc
 
> 	Then again, am I reading "Fast/Wide" wrong?  Should I be
> reading it as "Fast *or* Wide"?  Cause, looking at Quantum's Home
> Page, the LPS340S supports Fast, but it doesn't mentioned Wide..
> 
> (aha0:0:0): "QUANTUM LPS340S 020B" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
> sd0(aha0:0:0): Direct-Access 327MB (670506 512 byte sectors)
> (aha0:2:0): "CONNER CFA540S 13B0" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
> sd1(aha0:2:0): Direct-Access 515MB (1056708 512 byte sectors)
> (aha0:6:0): "QUANTUM LP240S GM240S01X 4.6" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
> sd2(aha0:6:0): Direct-Access 234MB (479350 512 byte sectors)
> 
> 	And, finally...is there anyone out there from the Toronto
> area that would know where I can find said controller?  I'd prefer
> somewhere local, if at all possible...
> 
> Thanks...
> 
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