As a public service announcement I should mention that Computer Geeks (on-line retail) is (or at was on monday) offering the BusLogic BT-930 (Ultra SCSI-2 on PCI) for $40. I, of course, ordered one myself. Their web page is www.compgeeks.com.
Raymond A. Ingles wrote: > On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Mrpeabody wrote: > > > I'm looking to add a scsi hard drive and controller to my system which > > currently uses an ide drive. What is a good controller and drive to > > buy? Does only the controller matter or does the type of hard drive I > > get matter to? > > The controller is probably the most important. You should get one that is > well-supported under Linux. In addition to Buslogic/Mylex, you can look at > DPT and NCR53cxxx cards (Diamond Fireport, Symbios Logic, and more). > > The NCR-based cards in particular are inexpensive and reliable, and while > not usually the fastest, mine has proven plenty fast for my needs. If you > want the absolute top speed, I'd suggest DPT, or Buslogic/Mylex, but for > price/performance balance I'd suggest NCR cards. You can get a NCR53c810 > (fast SCSI-II) card for $53 from www.swt.com (saw an ad in the Linux > Journal). > > Adaptec, while quite widespread, has historically not relased data about > their cards to Linxu programmers. This changed recently, and Adaptec *is* > sharing information now, but it will take a while before this new > information makes it into the drivers. > > Sincerely, > > Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first woman > she meets and then teams up with three complete strangers to kill again." > - TV listing for the Wizard of Oz in the Marin Independent Journal > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]