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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: SCSI board question/recommendation?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.225535.6425@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <1gioe8INNlph@male.EBay.Sun.COM>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 22:55:35 GMT
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- In <1gioe8INNlph@male.EBay.Sun.COM> ronr@ateami2.EBay.Sun.COM (RON RICHARDSON - SUN MICROSYSTEMS) writes:
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- >What are the main differences between SCSI boards? I've seen prices
- >from $100 to $400 and by reading the specs on the boxes can't tell
- >much difference. Are there different speeds of SCSI boards?
-
- There are different widths (8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit), some bus-master
- and some don't, some support things like fast SCSI and some don't,
- some have cache on the controller and some don't, etc.
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- >I want to have one SCSI board that will connect a CD-ROM drive and
- >hard drive. Any recommendations?
-
- Depends on what you're planning on running (OS and software wise).
- However, I generally like the Adaptec controllers. They're pretty
- much the standard and pretty widely supported by various operating
- systems (OS/2, Windows/NT, UNIX). You might also want to look at
- Bustek(?), which are clones of the Adaptecs and can use the same
- drivers.
-
- If you're sticking solely with DOS/Windows, you might want to look at
- caching controllers. However, for most multitasking operating
- systems, you're better off putting RAM on the motherboard than on the
- controller.
-
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