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Michael Leiter wrote:
> 
> Mithrandir (102440.3204@compuserve.com) wrote something that went a little like:
> ) Merrick Wee wrote:
> ) >
> ) > Jim McGrady wrote:
> ) > >
> ) > > Hello All
> ) > >
> ) > > Which is the best PCI SCSI-2 controller at the moment in terms of support
> ) > > for Win3.1, Win95, Linux.
> ) > >
> ) > > Regards
> ) > >
> ) > > Jim   DPT!!!!!!!!!!!!
> ) >         A friend refered me do Digital Processing tech's scsi
> ) > controllers and I'm thankful.  They use Motorola's 68k processors!.
> ) > The are fast in their bus mastering and cmd queing.  I've run it with
> ) > Linux, OS/2, dos, win 3.1 and now win95 and it is the most stable device
> ) > that I have in ALL of these systems.  They are moderatly priced and kick
> ) > the shit out of Adaptec.  The best thing is the support.  I was having
> ) > problems with my system when I bought it, it was not the scsi card, and
> ) > Dpt went through my system and checked if they had any records of
> ) > incompatabities or bugs with the periph. and their hardware.  They are
> ) > very accomadating.
> 
> ) Kicked the shit out of Adaptec?
> 
> ) How?  Does the HD on your PC actually approach the limit of
> ) the SCSI bus anyway?  Was the throughput suddenly faster?  Was
> ) the system more responsive?  Did you simply WANT DPT to win?
> 
> ) Seriously, as a previous post says, someone ought to do a REAL
> ) benchmark, like TPS on a database server or something.  Benchmark
> ) programs are easily fooled by caches, etc...
> 
> ) Has anyone done a REAL benchmark for SCSI2 vs EIDE?  Like NetBench
> ) or the above database server?  I could imagine that for small
> ) (i.e. not many simultaneous requests) loads, EIDE might even
> ) outperform SCSI but then die off...
> 
> ) ANYONE?
> 
> ) btw, I too think SCSI kicks ass
> 
> I don't think you were posting what you thought you were posting.
> Try a post discussing SCSI vs. EIDE.  The above was discussing
> the merits of various PCI SCSI controllers.  Not EIDE.
> 
> Can you (above) tell me how to find Digital Processing Tech? I
> cringe whenever I see adaptec price lists -- not to mention
> the problems I heard that some adaptec's have with Linux...
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mike Leiter
> 
> Plodding along on an ISA SCSI card.

Merrick Wee again
	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!
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, but now that the 
price of dpt has come down to or even below adaptec I would recommend 
Dpt all the way. In my experience Dpt has a very solid line of drivers 
and I've run it on OS/2, Dos, Windows 3.1 and 95, and Linux, with no 
problems

Dpt is still pretty small, probably why they still have good products, 
and they are sort of hard to find.  
Try these
	-The computer shopper
	-Computer discount Warehouse -where I got mine