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RE: what cd-writer ?



Hi:

I have a VERY hard time trying to find a retail source for Symbios SCSI
cards in the US.  Who sells them in typical user quantities?

Bill Parker, <bparker@dc.net>

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> I hate to disagree but... the symbios cards are great and they are
> generaly cheaper, faster and less trouble.
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> On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Daniel J. Brosemer wrote:
>
> > > On Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 04:57:08PM -0500, Odin wrote:
> >
> > <snipped for obfuscation>
> >
> > > Can you recommend an inexpensive PCI SCSI card to go with a
> Yamaha? Right
> > > now, I have two ATAPI hard drives and an ATAPI DVD drive
> connected to a
> > > motherboard IDE controller. I was planning on purchasing a HP ATAPI
> > > drive, but after hearing about several bad experiences with ATAPI
> > > drives, I'm interested in a SCSI-based external one.
> >
> > Well, I can't in good conscience reccommend anything but an
> adaptec.  I've
> > heard (but not experienced) that a zip-plus will erase data on
> a scsi hdd
> > when not connected to an adaptec.  There are other reasons, though, like
> > support, speed, _very_ nice bios, etc.  You'll pay for the niceness, but
> > in my opinion, well worth it.  If you're planning on just using
> your CD-R
> > on your SCSI chain, then you don't need Ultra Wide or even SCSI-3, just
> > get yourself a good SCSI-2 (you don't even need that, but room to expand
> > is good, and good luck finding a Narrow SCSI-1 anymore.)  If you're not
> > buying for a corporation, my suggestion would be to watch the online
> > auctions, sometimes they have adaptec cards.
> >
> > -Dan
> >
> >
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