Re: Cheap HVD SCSI cards for Suns ??
From: Dr. David Kirkby (see_my_signature_for_my_real_address_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/27/04
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Date: 27 Feb 2004 02:11:06 -0800
"Dr. David Kirkby" <david.kirkby@onetel.net> wrote in message news:<403AA46F.E523B9C4@onetel.net>...
> I know some people have used SCSI cards intended for the PC market in
> PCI based Suns and had them working okay? Has anyone done this this
> with a SCSI card for high-voltage-differential (HVD) ? Someone is
> selling some dual Sun HVD cards on eBay but they are fetching around
> $300, whereas there are some Adaptec ones for PCs for not much more
> than 10% of that price. I don't think normal (LVD) Adaptec cards work
> in Suns, so I doubt the HVD version will, but does anyone know of a
> cheap card that does?
Thanks everyone for their suggestions on this. I found a card with the
Symbios Logic Ultra SCSI chipset, 53C875 chipset on eBay for $12.45,
so have bought that. It's OEMed to IBM for the RS6000 range, but
hopefully it will be okay. (I do in fact have an IBM RS/6000, but want
to keep the tape drive on the Sun).
I'm not bothered about being able to boot from this. I boot from the
Sun's internal disks, and don't see this changing.
If the IBM SCSI card don't work, I've been offered a Sun one from
someone in the UK, but I'd rather take the cheaper route.
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