SCSI support

[Adam]

Pretty sure they use a chip made by Tekram.  I have no idea why they
bothered designing an inferior chip to put on their cards when it sells
for like $10 less than symbios. 

On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Sean wrote:

>Actually that is what I have heard too. I couldn't remember the chipsets
>though. Didn't the Tekram 3x0 series use the Adaptec chip? or was that
>some other card?
>
>
>On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Adam wrote:
>
>> I'd just like to add my two cents about the tekram cards too. Basically:
>> Avoid Tekram 3x5 series like you would avoid WinPrinters or WinModems.
>> It isn't as bad as the others mentioned but it does seem to lack a scsi
>> phase processor (so I'm told) therefore it uses quite a few more
>> interrupts per operation than a card with one, resulting in higher cpu
>> usage, not to mention needing unique drivers.
>> I do recommend the 3x0 series though, the 390F is UW and quite cheap and
>> perhaps one of the other 390* or the 390 will meet your price needs.  
>> 
>> On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Tim Schmidt wrote:
>> 
>> >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/
>> >>--
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