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- From: jim@tiamat.fsc.com ( IT Manager)
- Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
- Subject: Re: Buslogic SCSI controllers
- Message-ID: <4537@tiamat.fsc.com>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 03:45:47 GMT
- References: <BxK6o8.16o@brunel.ac.uk>
- Organization: Ahlstrom Filtration - Chattanooga,TN
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- In article <BxK6o8.16o@brunel.ac.uk>, me90plb@brunel.ac.uk (Paul L Barnfather) writes:
- > Does anyone have any experience of Buslogic SCSI controllers.
- > I believe they are Adaptec clones - are they as good ?
- >
- > I need a SCSI controller to run a hard disk/tape drive/optical drive under
- > OS/2 - has anyone tried these devices with a Buslogic. The card I have in mind
- > is a BT-542B, which is supposed to be compatible with an Adaptec 1542B.
-
- We have two system with these cards installed. Compared to the
- Adaptec 1542B's we have (which are a couple years older, and older
- than the Buslogic's), I like a few things more on the Buslogic boards:
-
- 1) the BIOS prints a list of the devices it finds at boot time - this
- is very, very, very, handy when you've connected a new device and you
- want a quick and simple way of knowing if you have the SCSI ID set
- correct
-
- 2) many of the board-configurable options are on dip switches rather
- than jumpers
-
- 3) I like the "on board" utilities better (very subjective here)
-
- These are all very subjective things - we have more Adaptec boards
- than we do Buslogics, and both boards perform just fine. Right now,
- if I had to buy a new one, I'd go for whichever one can most quickly
- clear up the "what's needed to work with drives >1GB" question,
- whichever one will work correctly with SCO UNix and CD-ROM drives
- (I've heard that one or the other, or peraps both, are having some
- trouble with SCO and CD drives), and then whichever is least expensive
- and/or happnes to be in stock at the dealer.
-
- Good luck.
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