W. Chris Shank on Wed, 12 Jun 2002 08:59:31 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] OT: SCSI controllers 4sale


i believe so. most scsi so far has been backwards compatible - which is why
the 2940UW supports scsi 1, 2 & 3.

> If I plug an Ultra160 drive into a controller that only goes up to
> Ultra  Wide - will the drive automagically drop down to Ultra Wide
> protocal?  (This is assuming I have the proper cables and connections
> of course.)
> 
> - JP
> 
> W. Chris Shank wrote:
>> yeah, an ultra160 is about $300. this model peaks at 40Mb/s, or so the
>> marketing literature says. 
>> 
>> 
>>>On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 12:16:29AM -0400, kaze wrote:
>>>
>>>>$15 inc shipping? Why so cheap! I don't need one, but am just
>>>>curious. Are newer ones that much better? Is that the market price?
>>>
>>>It's significantly lower than the market price, but this isn't
>>>exactly a high performance SCSI controller. (Or maybe I'm jaded. ;^>
>>>UW... ::yawn:: give me Ultra160, bare minimum, FCAL preferably.)
>>>
>>>That aside, it's a totally useable controller, and a steal at that
>>>price for someone who needs only the performance it gives, knows that
>>>they want to be using SCSI (those that think they don't just don't
>>>know they do ;^>), and has the appropriate drives.
>>>
>>>-- 
>>>gabriel rosenkoetter
>>>gr@eclipsed.net
>> 
>> 
>> 
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