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Asustek PCI-SC875 controller cards
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mr M S Aitchison)
Fri May 30 03:56:48 1997
Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 14:40:03 +1200
From: physmsa@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz (Mr M S Aitchison)
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
I'm thinking of getting a SCSI controller for a Linux system where
reliability and economy are both important, and the Asustek PCI-875
(using the "SYMBIOS LOGIC" 53C875 chip seems nice (half the price of an
AHA2940 here for example). The latest SCSI HOWTO I could find was late
last year and didn't mention the chip (AFAICS) but it sounds like it is
in the same family as NCR chips that don't have "mailboxes".
Can anybody tell me about the board, whether it is better to get some
Adaptek board instead, or maybe the cheaper Asustek PCI-SC200? Use
would include some 4500rpm Quantum Fireball disks, a CDROM writer and
maybe a DAT tape drive; speed would be nice, but reliability nicer.
Thanks,
Mark Aitchison
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