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Re: PCI?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (J.H.N.Chin@reading.ac.uk)
Wed Jun 28 07:56:16 1995
From: J.H.N.Chin@reading.ac.uk
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 11:50:08 +0100
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
~From: Drew Eckhardt <drew@poohsticks.org>
> Buslogic 946S buslogic PCI FAST SCSI-II, activte
> termination.
> DPT PM2024 eata_dma PCI $395 FAST SCSI-II
> PM2124 eata_dma PCI $595 FAST SCSI-II
> PM3224 eata_dma PCI $1995 FAST SCSI-II
> multichannel
> active termination
> NCR53c815 ( 53c7,8xx PCI $115 NCR53c810 plus
> Intel PCISCSIKIT, bios
> NCR8150S, etc)
> Sure. You'll probably be happiest with a BT946 at this point - it will
> work with any Linux kernel. I think the DPT drivers will work with any
> thing new enough to include the DPT driver; NCR boards with 1.1.39 or
> newer (note the current software limitations mentioned in the SCSI-HOWTO;
> if you can live with them the NCR boards are a good choice), [...]
As it happens I am currently thinking about buying a larger disk
(Quantum Atlas XP34301 4.3G) and buying a proper controller
(I'm currently using a SoundBlaster 16 SCSI).
Everyone sells the Adaptec 2940. A few seem to have Buslogic cards.
One company told me they were starting to sell DPT cards.
I haven't found anywhere that sells NCR cards of any description
(barring Viglen--but I'd have to buy the motherboard as well).
So, questions:
What, if anything, is the difference between a BT-946S and BT-946C?
I have also seen a `KT-946 PCI' advertised. Is this an IDE card?
Given the choice of a BT-946C (<200 pounds) and a DPT 2024 (240 pounds)
will I notice a significant difference? Which is the `better buy'?
Is there anywhere (preferably in UK) that I can obtain an NCR board
(with bios)? Presumably I would need an active terminator to go with it?
-jonathan
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