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Merrick Wee wrote:
> 
> 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


Cool.  Too bad I just bought a 2940  :-(
Anyway, thanks for the info!

Now, where can I get these cheap but excellent NCR controllers
everyone raves about?  I'm going to be getting a ZIP or EZ 
external SCSI (since the parallel ports on these cheap clones
only give about 50K/sec) to do backups at many other computers.
Cost is of course an issue.

TIA!

Mith