OT: Mylex problems

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Sun Feb 3 23:20:35 2002

I've got a couple of EISA SCSI controllers from BusLogic. These can be had at
surplus for $5 or so whenever you want one. These two belong to someone else,
but I doubt he'd object to parting with them. Since EISA and VLB are of
limited interest, the boards for that are pretty cheap nowadays.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tothwolf" <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Mylex problems


> On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Julius Sridhar wrote:
> > On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Tothwolf wrote:
> >
> > > Kinda sad too. They used to make other SCSI boards that often
outperformed
> > > similar products from Adaptec. BusLogic/Mylex also made very nice
> > > programming manuals which were freely available when Adaptec still
wanted
> > > an NDA and other paperwork signed to get sketchy documentation for their
> > > products. Once Adaptec changed their programming documentation policy,
> > > Mylex seemed to take a large drop in sales.
> >
> > Why? Mylex still makes *very* fast SCSI RAID controllers. They're
> > just not i960-based anymore. They're StrongARM-based.
>
> I was referring to the wide variety of non-RAID host adapters
> BusLogic/Mylex used to make. I think they were the last company offering
> EISA and VLB adapters, although they also discontinued their ISA product
> line right after getting rid of those two.
>
> -Toth
>
>
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