Subject: Re: SCSI & SRM
To: Graham Allan <allan@physics.umn.edu>
From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
List: port-alpha
Date: 07/28/2003 19:22:21
On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 10:26:02AM -0500, Graham Allan wrote:
> The card which Compaq, er, HP, sells as the "KZPCA-BA" (I think) is a
> Symbios SYM8952U (Ultra2), if that helps.

There is also one that calls itself a KZPEA IIRC. I have 2 on order at work,
once I receive them I'll check what SCSI chip they have.

> Graham
> 
> On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 01:04:55PM -0500, Jeffrey Bridge wrote:
> > In general, the alpha SRMs have had good support for LSI chips and bad
> > support for adaptec ones. Any reasonably standard LSI-based card should
> > do just fine. I got a 64bit 33MHz Ultra160 single-channel one, 58C1010
> > chip or something like that, for my 164LX board.
> > 
> > >From a practical standpoint, I like the way SRM has not supported
> > adaptec cards as much, because they almost as a rule cost significantly
> > more than quite equivalent cards of the same spec from other
> > manufacturers.
> 
> Graham
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> Graham Allan
> School of Physics and Astronomy - University of Minnesota
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