I hate to disagree but... the symbios cards are great and they are generaly cheaper, faster and less trouble.
*--* Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *--* Voice: 425.739.4247 *--* Fax: 425.827.9577 *--* HTTP://www.otak-k.com/~lawrence/ -------------------------------------- - - - - - - O t a k i n c . - - - - - On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Daniel J. Brosemer wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 04:57:08PM -0500, Odin wrote: > > <snipped for obfuscation> > > > Can you recommend an inexpensive PCI SCSI card to go with a Yamaha? Right > > now, I have two ATAPI hard drives and an ATAPI DVD drive connected to a > > motherboard IDE controller. I was planning on purchasing a HP ATAPI > > drive, but after hearing about several bad experiences with ATAPI > > drives, I'm interested in a SCSI-based external one. > > Well, I can't in good conscience reccommend anything but an adaptec. I've > heard (but not experienced) that a zip-plus will erase data on a scsi hdd > when not connected to an adaptec. There are other reasons, though, like > support, speed, _very_ nice bios, etc. You'll pay for the niceness, but > in my opinion, well worth it. If you're planning on just using your CD-R > on your SCSI chain, then you don't need Ultra Wide or even SCSI-3, just > get yourself a good SCSI-2 (you don't even need that, but room to expand > is good, and good luck finding a Narrow SCSI-1 anymore.) If you're not > buying for a corporation, my suggestion would be to watch the online > auctions, sometimes they have adaptec cards. > > -Dan > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
