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From: martin@saturn.uucp (Martin J. Schedlbauer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Ultrastor 12F vs. Adaptec 2322D--which is better?
Message-ID: <1991Feb19.183953.1563@saturn.uucp>
Date: 19 Feb 91 18:39:53 GMT
References: <1991Feb17.041725.13430@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu>
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In article <1991Feb17.041725.13430@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu> smsmith@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M. Smith) writes:
>I will soon be buying a 486-25 from Gateway and I've been
>offered the Ultrastor 12F ESDI 32k caching controller from
>Gateway for $175.  I was going to get the Adaptec 2322D ESDI
>64k caching controller for $163 through mail order, so I am
>wondering if the Ultrastor would be a better buy; it would be
>more *convenient* (warranty, tech support) to pay the extra 
>$12 for the Ultrastor *if* it is as reliable as the Adaptec.
>

The UltraStore 12F is at least if not more reliable than the Adaptec. However,
the new Western Digital WD...V/SE2 is faster. If you'll ever run Unix, get
the UltraStore 12F - it's supported by all 386 Unixes and the Adaptec is not.

	...Martin

P.S. I tried 4 different ESDI controllers: WD...V/SE2, UltraStore, Adaptec,
and CompuAdd HardCache - the only one that worked reliably under ESIX was
the UltraStore 12F - however all performed well under DOS 4.01 using large
(> 32MB) partitions.


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