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cbrookes@omen.com.au wrote:
: I am interested in getting a PCI Pentium motherboard and was hoping
: to get SCSI support built in, instead of EIDE.

: If anyone has some details on motherboards with onboard SCSI could
: they please post a reply with some information?

: Apparently there are some around with the Adaptec 7870 chipset which
: is the onboard version of the Adaptec 2940W adapter?

     I've been using an older ASUS motherboard that came with the
     first PCI chipset and a 486/DX2-66 . It has an NCR 53C810
     SCSI chip on the motherboard and came with driver software, etc.

     May I suggest checking ASUS to see if some of their line of
     Pentium boards has a SCSI interface on the mb - it seems likely.
     The board has been entirely reliable. Using the NCR software
     that came with the board, additional drives (including a CD-ROM)
     have been just a few minutes to install and have worked without
     difficulty. I have been trying to get it to work with a Pentium
     Overdrive processor and may or may not succeed.

     The ASUS WWW server in Taipai is at http://192.72.126.1/ and
     must have an mb product/feature list. It does have BIOS software
     updates, utilities, and the like to download.

     A big win for SCSI is detached mode - that is, the SCSI Bus is
     multiplexed, though each drive is single threaded. This keeps the
     bus loaded and is of advantage if your software can use it. 

     Hugh --