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Merrick Wee <weexx002@tc.umn.edu> writes:
> 	First off all have to clarify what I ment by saying that DPT 
> kicks ass over adaptec.  Speed was not even the reason. 

> 1. They have the best tech support of anyone that I've ever seen.
> 	- the operators aren't computer illiterate and if you've got a 
> problem with your system, even if it probably isn't the controller, they 
> will help research the prob - at least in my experience!

A reasonable argument.  I've only called Adaptec a few times, and while
I've got help from them, the hold times were lengthy.

> 2. I've heard of so many problems with adaptec, irq conflicts, frequent 
> bus resets, etc.  I don't know if the adaptec cards just aren't 
> flexable or if they generally have unstable drivers, [...]

We have ZERO problems with Adaptecs (mostly 2842 and 2940, but also
1542, 1640 and 1740) in terms of compatability, on 20+ systems raning
from 386s to P120s.  The drivers are very solid on the OSs we use (NT,
BSDI and Win95).  And with PCI, IRQs become a non-issue anyway...

> but now that the 
> price of dpt has come down to or even below adaptec I would recommend 
> Dpt all the way. 

How much do the DPTs cost?  The OEM version of the 2940 (ie no EZ-SCSI,
which you don't need anyway as long as you don't use DOS) is now around
US$170 at various distributors; you should be able to find it by mail
order for not much more than that.

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