Re: [Linux-ISP] NCR 825 ctrler

1996-10-23 Thread Vikram Khare
On Thu, 10 Oct 1996, Ricardo Kleemann wrote: > Would you say the Buslogic is better due to higher cost? I've always > heard good things about the NCR controllers relative to Linux, but does > the fact that they are _much_ cheaper than the BT or Adaptec mean they > are poor performers? Has anyon

Re: [Linux-ISP] NCR 825 ctrler

1996-10-12 Thread Marty Leisner
> The 825 has a BIOS...but the 810 based cards do not, and can't be used to > boot from a SCSI disk unless your system BIOS has the appropriate BIOS > extensions built in. Most Pentiums do...but some don't. > I have an NCR810 card...it was in a Packard Bell...I knew nothing about PCI before (ex

Re: [Linux-ISP] NCR 825 ctrler

1996-10-10 Thread Jon Lewis
On Thu, 10 Oct 1996, Ricardo Kleemann wrote: > Would you say the Buslogic is better due to higher cost? I've always > heard good things about the NCR controllers relative to Linux, but does > the fact that they are _much_ cheaper than the BT or Adaptec mean they > are poor performers? Has anyon

Re: [Linux-ISP] NCR 825 ctrler

1996-10-10 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Thanks! On Thu, 10 Oct 1996, Jon Lewis wrote: > > > Anyone use it? Is it worth to buy it? > > I've not gotten an 825 yet, but I have around a dozen 810's in use. > They've become the standard FDT SCSI card. At about $59 each, they're > hard to pass up. I'd get the 825 if you want fast-wide on

Re: [Linux-ISP] NCR 825 ctrler

1996-10-10 Thread Jon Lewis
On Thu, 10 Oct 1996, Ricardo Kleemann wrote: > I saw a price list which had the NCR 825 controller, and it said it's a > Fast & Wide controller. Is that true? Why is it so much cheaper than the > Adaptec, for example? Is it a poor performer? The price was about $100 > cheaper than the adaptec.