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From: liggio@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Vincent J. Liggio)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: PC SCSI interface
Keywords: PC, SCSI, MSDOS
Message-ID: <1990Oct1.025536.4304@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 1 Oct 90 02:55:36 GMT
References: <1990Sep20.175400.18626@maths.tcd.ie> <1990Sep26.181838.10272@clmqt.marquette.Mi.US> <190@thor.UUCP>
Organization: Columbia University
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In article <190@thor.UUCP> scjones@thor.UUCP (Larry Jones) writes:
>> >What board would you advise for using a SCSI drive
>> >(a) on a PC/XT, (b) on an AT?
>> 
>> a: Seagate ST-01 or -02, depending on where the floppy controller is.
>
>You should either buy a Yugo...
>
>> b: DPT's SCSI Host adaptor or Adaptec's 154xB SCSI Host Adaptor.
>
>or else buy a Cadillac or a Lincoln.
>
>Why oh why aren't there any "midsize" SCSI host adapters?
>----
>Larry Jones                         UUCP: uunet!sdrc!thor!scjones

Oh, but there are.  There is the Adaptec 1520, about $160.  I'm personally
looking for a SCSI interface for my Mylex 33mhz 386, and I was talking to a
technician at Direct Drives (check Computer Shopper).  I was looking for a
SCSI-2 interface, and the 1520 is one, and it is designed as a mid-range
controller.  It supports SCSI-1 (a subset of 2), although it is not as fast
as the SCSI-2 standard is supposed to be (up to 5 meg/sec), it is
comparable, if not a bit faster than the SCSI-1.  It looks good to me,
because I want a SCSI-2 drive (I'm open for suggestions, if anyone has
any), and the only ones I found were Quantum drives, and they only go upt
to 170 mb (the 210's are out of stock until December).  I don't want a
SCSI-1 drive because I'd like to stay with the new stuff instead of the
outgoing SCSI-1.  

Vince

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