On 1999-04-26 08:53, David B.Teague wrote: > Or you can use Mylex (aka Bus Logic) cards which are reputed not > to be so sensitive to cabling. Linux does support them. I think > Windows 9x also supports them, but someone else will have to > confirm that.
I'll gladly recommend Mylex BusLogic 958B which is an ultra wide, 15 devices, narrow/wide/wide external (notice only 2 out of 3 work at the same time as is mostly the case) host adapter. It's fast, worked flawlessly here (except a problem with putting a narrow scanner on the wide external port - that's not considered legal scsi, the author of the driver tells me!). Mylex has _excellent_ tech support, although no Linux specific support (which they refer to the driver author - he responded to the above problem within 1/2 hour by email!). I have had next to no problems with cables, but (in my defense) I got (expensive) teflon cable when I grew out of the provided (teflon) cable. Mylex tells me that telfon cable is _required_ for Ultra operation. If you want to spend a bundle on the host adaptor check out (the company) DPT? I have no experience with their products (drivers and such) but some of their cards are upgradeable to (hardware) RAID. Also, you might want to consider the impact of LVD (low-voltage differential). /Allan -- Allan M. Wind Phone: 781.938.5272 (home) 687 Main Street, 2nd Floor Fax: 781.938.6641 (fax/modem) Woburn, MA 01801 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home)