SCSI support

[Tim Schmidt]

I haven't heard many good things about the DC315, that uses a Tekram chipset 
(I'm pretty sure) that wasn't the best.  The DC390 series all use 
LSI/Symbios/NCR chipsets that are really excelent.  I recomend the DC390F.  
It's a PCI UW SCSI controller (40Mb/s) and comes with about every connector 
possible (except the -evil- external 25pin).  If you want to know why the 
external 25pin is evil, (read the SCSI FAQ) it's because it ties together 
all the grounds to reduce the pin count to 25 and thus can cause some 
problems with termination (especially on mixed wide and narrow chains).

/end rant

--Tim

>From: Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@msu.edu>
>Reply-To: pfaffben@msu.edu
>To: linux-user@egr.msu.edu
>Subject: Re: SCSI support
>Date: 14 Aug 2000 20:13:01 -0400
>
>Okay, let's try out my online shopping skills:
>
>	http://beta.cmpexpress.com/store/htmlos/005.5.15836386969
>	PCI ULTRA & FAST SCSI-2 HOST ADAPTER
>	TEKRAM DC-315U
>	$22.09
>
>Linux drivers for multiple versions of 8 distributions at
>	http://www.tekram.com.tw/Storageftp/SCSI/PCI/DC-315X/DC-315U/Driver%26AP/Linux/
>--
>"Unix... is not so much a product
>  as it is a painstakingly compiled oral history
>  of the hacker subculture."
>--Neal Stephenson
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