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Date:	Sun, 14 Oct 2001 16:10:28 PDT
From:	sshapiro@ucsd.edu (Sandy Shapiro)
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: SCSI card

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Hi Steve,

Thanks (and to Peter, too) for the helpful information.
First of all -- there is no hurry. I am planning for a MB upgrade, but it
won't be for a while. Second, a cursory search shows that the Tekram
DC-315U is widely available for $31 to $32 with shipping. Third, it looks
like I will have to get a new cable to the scanner as the ISA card has a
Centronics (looks like a printer) outlet. I assume this should not be a
problem. Last, I may be able to come up for the SCOUG meeting next
Saturday. I would like to meet some of you. So if you have a card you
would like to sell, of if you come across one and can pick it up, let me
know.

Sandy

>Sandy:
>
>A local (to me) computer store was "blowing out" their remaining stock
>of original LSILogic/Symbios/NCR (53C810A-based) PCI SCSI-II cards for
>$25 + tax. Might still be some there.

>This card is essentially identical to the ASUS SC-200 and
>the Tekram DC-310 (not U). These cards are non-bootable
>and do not handle the Ultra SCSI rate of 40MB/s, but this
>is a GOOD thing, as they are much more tolerant of sloppy
>cabling, poor termination, etc. Updated OS/2 drivers are
>on the LSILogic web site.
>
>http://www.tekram.com/hot_products.asp?Product=DC-310_Series

>No scanner is particularly fast, so 40MB/s is not needed, and not really
>desirable. Fast data buses are much more sensitive to everything being
>just perfect, and short! Being an external device, scanner cables are
>often long.
>
>I'd give you my ASUS SC-200 ($75 new) but it's still in use driving my
>wife's SCSI CD-R at her work. Her school was too poor to buy her the
>hardware, so I gave her some of mine -- still going strong after all
>these years!
>
>If you cannot find what you want, this card (above) would be a great
>choice. I work near Peter and we could easily work out delivery. Or
>you could shop at Pricewatch.com. There the Tekram DC-315, the
>replacement for the DC-310, is ~$20 plus tax and shipping. I don't have
>any experience with the DC-315. It uses a different manufacturer's
>chipset. I admit to bias, as I used to work for NCR which became
>Symbios then LSILogic.
>
>--Steve

>The DC-310 may still be available at swap meets (ACP) around. It's been
>a while since it was manufactured, but it's an inexpensive, good, if
>simple, SCSI HA. And that's what you want for just a scanner.
>

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>On 10/14/01 Sandy Shapiro wrote, in part:
>>
>>My HP ScanJet 4c is connected to an ISA SCSI card.
>>It has a Symbios chipset.
>>
>>I want to replace the ISA card with a PCI SCSI card. I expect that only
>>the scanner will be connected to it (at least for the forseeable future).
>>
>>Any suggestions or recommendations.
>>The card needs to be able to work under OS/2.
>>
>>Thanks, Sandy
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