Subject: Re: PCI SCSI Card recommendation ...
To: Phil Nelson <phil@cs.wwu.edu>
From: Andrew Gillham <gillhaa@ghost.whirlpool.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/12/2000 13:48:01
Phil Nelson writes:
>
> I'm looking to add a PCI SCSI card to a PC I have.
> I have been having a real hard time mapping the
> supported SCSI chips to real products. Most information
> I have been able to find (including on-line user manuals)
> don't tell me the chip on which the product is based.
>
> So, does any one have a good recommendation? I'm looking
> SCSI2 and it doesn't have to real hot. This is to get
> a SCSI scanner connected. (NetBSD doesn't yet support
> USB scanners yet, does it? .... I couldn't find support.)
The Advansys cards seem pretty decent. I haven't used a SCSI
scanner with one though. You can get a Ultra SCSI (not wide) card
for about US $50 from buy.com. (3940UA-00, US $52.95)
-Andrew
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