Hi: I have a VERY hard time trying to find a retail source for Symbios SCSI cards in the US. Who sells them in typical user quantities?
Bill Parker, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Windows crashed. I am the Blue Screen of Death. No one hears your screams. > 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 > > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
