Re: What's the cheapest SCSI board supported?
If it's a PCI machine, get one of the PCI NCR boards from some place
like Promox. They advertise in Linux Journal; I think the cards are about
$50. They're not the best, but they're fairly fast and get the job done
better than any cheap Adaptec board.
On Mon, Mar 16, 1998 at 03:14:27PM -0700, Glenn Tenney KOTJ wrote:
> I've got a spare TEAC data cassette tape drive that I'd like to connect up
> and use for backups which generates two questions...
>
> 1. Am I likely to find that this tape drive will work for backups?
>
> 2. What's the cheapest SCSI board I can add that will work for this
> purpose... and ideally maybe allow some other devices in the future?
>
> I found an Adaptec AVA 1505 at Fry's for about $64. There was some clone
> cheaper, but would have cost more because I'd have need a special cable.
> Is this Adaptec card going to work?
>
> Thoughts and suggestions gladly accepted...
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