I remember back in '98 when Patrick Goetz wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Dec 1998, christ wrote:
> > ultra-capable controller. i've had decent luck with the adaptec 2940U/2940UW/
> > 2940U2W cards. hopefully others will recommend other cards; i've pretty
> > much been an adaptec-only child under linux, and so am biased. (ie that's
> > what's been made available to me, and what i bought the last time i bought
> > a scsi card (almost 5 years ago)).
>
> The NCR815 would have been perfect for this application and was available
> for less than $60. Unfortunately AT&T bought NCR and managed to run the
> whole enterprise into the ground pretty effectively, so the NCR8xx cards
> are no more. Too bad, I've used several and have never had a problem
> under linux or windows.
If you're looking for a card with decent specs and unbeatable linux
support, you might check out Mylex/BusLogic cards. Just about
any FlashPoint/MultiMaster card should work. The same Linux driver
works for any of them (you can double-check against info on
the BusLogic driver mainter's page (http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/).
I use the nearly-bottom-of-the-line ISA MultiMaster card (BT-542) but
I know people using the PCI ones with no problem. I think these
run in the $100 ballpark. I got my ISA for $15 used to
support a couple of 500MB scsi drives.
Matt
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