In a message dated 04-27-98, Peyton Bay said to all:
PB>I'm putting together a new system and wonder if anybody has
PB>experience and/or information as to the relative merits of the
PB>following inexpensive (less than $100) scsi cards which are, I
PB>believe, all designed around the  Symbios xxx875 chip. :
PB>
PB> Diamond Fireport 40
PB> Asus SC875
PB> Tekram DC39x (I'm not sure about the number for this one)
PB>
PB>Are they pretty much the same, in which case it comes down to
PB>price, or are there qualitative differences? Opinions please.
PB>TIA
PB>
Peyton
     I have two ASUS "PCI-SC875"'s.  I also had a no name PCI SCSI
card which used the NCR 53C810 chip.  When I called Symbios Tech
Support about the 810 card, he told me that the two best brands of
NCR/Symbios chipset cards to get are ASUS and DTC.  He claimed
that they are the only two companies "humble enough" [my words] to
accept Symbios engineering help in the design of their products.
     Based on that, I would recommend the ASUS "PCI-SC875."  I
forget what the model number of the DTC card is, but if it is
layed out as the pictures appears to suggest, it is a bad layout
design with the 50 pin and 68 pin connectors on top of one
another, only at right angles to each other.
Don Woodall
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