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Re: PCI?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Drew Eckhardt)
Wed Jun 28 21:04:14 1995
To: J.H.N.Chin@reading.ac.uk
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 28 Jun 1995 11:50:08 BST."
<199506281050.LAA10940@suma3.rdg.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 18:18:47 -0600
From: Drew Eckhardt <drew@poohsticks.org>
In message <199506281050.LAA10940@suma3.rdg.ac.uk>, J.H.N.Chin@reading.ac.uk wr
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>I haven't found anywhere that sells NCR cards of any description
>(barring Viglen--but I'd have to buy the motherboard as well).
>
Bad plan. They mislabeled the IRQ jumper settings on some of their
PCI mainboards, causing untold headaches for a number of users.
>So, questions:
>
>What, if anything, is the difference between a BT-946S and BT-946C?
No idea what the differences are; the boards are compatable though.
>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'?
Go with the Buslogic - the driver has been arround longer, and
is potentially more stable.
>Is there anywhere (preferably in UK) that I can obtain an NCR board
>(with bios)?
There are a number of places here; don't know about there.
>Presumably I would need an active terminator to go with it?
Not necessarily.
