[ale] good pci scsi card

Vernard Martin vernard at cc.gatech.edu
Wed Apr 24 18:23:29 EDT 1996


> Can anyone reccomend a good pci scsi card?
> Hopefully one that won't break the bank.
> I don't have any scsi drives (at this point), but have recently purchased a
> HP scanjet 4p and wish to use it with Linux.
> Right now, I'd go for a cheap isa bus card (real cheap), but since I have
> pci and would like to make future hard drives scsi, now is the time to do it.

Well, now that I have a kernel that supports it, the adaptec 2940 card
performs wonderfully. Its kinda expensive though. I think they are going
for around $200 nowadays. I personally have been telling folks to try to
find an adaptec 1540 which is a tried and true card with a centronics scsi
interface on the back which makes the cables cheaper and easier to find. Also
the 1540 card may be cheaper.

V
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Vernard Martin
(vernard.martin at cc.gatech.edu) http://www.cc.gatech.edu/people/home/vernard/
College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332






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