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- From: apn@Apple.COM (Alex Novickis)
- Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
- Subject: Re: Buslogic SCSI controllers
- Message-ID: <74429@apple.apple.COM>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 17:21:58 GMT
- References: <BxK6o8.16o@brunel.ac.uk> <1992Nov12.155817.15875@gumby.dsd.trw.com>
- Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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- In article <1992Nov12.155817.15875@gumby.dsd.trw.com> lainhart@odel.stg.TRW.COM (Mike Lainhart) writes:
- >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 installed a BusLogic EISA SCSI Host Adapter a few weeks ago. I have
- >a 330Mb drive and a CD-ROM connected to it and I am very happy with the
- >speed. If the Adaptec board that I had originally tried to use worked
- >for me I could give you some speed comparison. My decision to go with
- >the BusLogic people (actually the decision was to definitely NOT go
- >with the Adaptec people) was strictly based on the horrid experience I
- >had with the user support (rather the LACK of user support).
- >
- >I have posted here before about this so you might imagine that I feel
- >strongly that shabby user support should be widely broadcast. I only
- >wish that others who had experienced the frustration (and expense in
- >waiting on hold long distance to be ultimately promised a call back-
- >that never came...) had warned me. I could have been among the many
- >people that were lucky enough to get a good board and I would be singing
- >praises to Adaptec. Maybe I'm better off. I found out before I started
- >depending on my SCSI Host Adapter that the Adaptec board does not have
- >a reliable user support group to back it up. The responsiveness of the
- >BusLogic people has been fabulous.
-
-
- Yep, I can agree with that, the support I've had from buslogic is great.
- I originally intended to buy adaptec, but I could not even get a pre
- sale question answered ( I always call tech support for a test drive before
- a sale !) As it turns out the buslogic gizmachi is faster anyway, and
- except for some companies that insist on wiring (legal sense) their products
- to the adaptec (techmar, for example) is 100% compat.
-
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