Good point. I know a few folks that have bought those machines from Dell
and have been forced to use the Adaptec junk because it is on board. It's
a shame that a nice system like the Dell box comes with that Adaptec stuff
and that Adaptec has so much power. So yeah, I don't believe in throwing
away money especially since I don't have much to begin with, but for
those starting out looking for machines, this is one issue to keep in mind.
--
Mark Lin
http://microwave.ph.msstate.edu/~mlin/
On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Robert G. Brown wrote:
> The point is, you are missing the point of my original post. I was just
> observing that it was DUMB to BUY a buslogics (or any other mfr) SCSI
> card for a Dell 2300. This is a very specific instance, not a general
> remark intended to rekindle the Adaptec vs Buslogic inferno. The 2300
> already has an excellent and functional U2W SCSI controller onboard that
> works well under linux, and adding still more controllers (it actually
> has TWO onboard SCSI controllers already) is likely to create more
> problems than it solves no matter who makes the additional ones. And it
> just throws money away.
