Whats a reasonable collection?

From: Chad Fernandez <fernande_at_internet1.net>
Date: Fri Jun 29 00:53:31 2001

Mike,

I have an EISA server built by Unisys, and I have some very nice SCSI
cards for it built by Adaptec and Buslogic. The only Adaptec card for
Microchannel is based in the 1540 series (ISA) and is only good for
5megs/sec, just like the ISA version. My EISA SCSI cards are good for
10 or 20megs/sec depending on the card. I wish Adaptec would have made
a 32-bit Microchannel card based on the 7800 series Adaptec chip, like
the EISA cards. Microchannel SCSI cards from Buslogic must be very
rare.... I haven't seen a single one on Ebay since I have been looking.
I haven't really looked into the IBM Fast/Wide because I really want a
differential card, and the Diff version seems to be RS6000 only.
Besides it uses funky connectors and the cables seem to be quite rare.

I did find a Wide/Diff card by NCR, but it is slow, isn't supported by
Windows, and the internal connector is narrow, not Wide. I have an
internal cable plugged into the external connector than runs back into
the case through an unused slot up to my Seagate Elite!

I guess at this point I wouldn't mind having a couple of F/W IBM cards
with cables and any Wide Buslogic card, either Diff or SE.

.......Yeah I'm running Win98 on it now, but after I get settled with my
Linux box, I'll put something else on the PS/2..... it's a Model 80 with
Reply Corporation Powerboard with a Kingston Turbochip (AMD 133).

Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA

Mike Ford wrote:
>
> >Only thing I don't like is a lack of fast SCSI cards. I have all kinds
> >of good scsi cards for my EISA computer, but not my Microchannel. I
>
> SCSI MCA cards are so common in the systems I find I don't bother to keep
> them anymore. Want to explain the above so I understand what to look for?
Received on Fri Jun 29 2001 - 00:53:31 BST