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In article <3ma9jo$p6g@muffin.pronet.com> cas@muffin.pronet.com (Craig Sanders) writes:
>From: cas@muffin.pronet.com (Craig Sanders)
>Subject: ASUS SP3G and/or NCR 53c810 driver?
>Date: 10 Apr 1995 13:44:56 +1000
>Summary: how well does it work with Linux?
>Keywords: SCSI


>I'm going to be getting myself a new motherboard soon for my machine
>here, and will also need to get two more complete Linux computers in the
>near future if some projects I am working on get to a suitable state.

>I'm seriously thinking of getting an ASUS SP3G motherboard - the built
>in SCSI, EIDE, and 72-pin SIMMS and everything else makes it sound
>ideal.  It also seems to be the most recommended board for Linux.

>However, I've also heard that the NCR 53c810 SCSI controller doesn't
>work 100% reliably at the moment.  That it is still very much an
>experimental driver.



>Does anyone have either an ASUS SP3G and use the built-in SCSI, or have
>another board with an NCR 53c810 SCSI controller card installed?

I have it, I use it and I am very happy with it. If I had to buy another PC, I 
would choose it again.

>How well does it work?  Is it reliable?

Never lost a bit within three months.

>What sort of conditions does it fail under?

xxxx

>Is swapping to a SCSI drive a problem?

No.

>Is swapping to SCSI a problem when another SCSI device (e.g. tape drive
>or cd-rom) is using the SCSI bus a problem?

Don't know. I only have one SCSI disk.

>If swapping is a problem, would the problems be insignificant if I used
>an EIDE or IDE drive for the boot, root, and swap partitions?

n.a.

>If I do buy one, is there anything I should watch out for.

watch out for the 'G' in the product number

>Any replies to these questions - or just comments about the ASUS SP3G and/or
>the NCR 53c810 SCSI controller - would be greatly appreciated.  I have to
>make a decision within the next week or so...

go out and bye it...

>Post and Email any replies and I'll post a summary back to the net.

>Craig

Hope I could help,

	Stefan

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