larry@macom1.UUCP (Larry Taborek) (11/04/89)
I am in the market for a SCSI adapter card for a hard disk. I haven't purchased either yet, but I have some thoughts and I was wondering if anyone could give me some insight or experience with: The Adaptec AHA-1542A Adapter card, which I'm told supports SCSI drives and both 5-1/4 and 3-1/2 inch drives on all denisties. I'm told that it supports a 1:1 interlieve, and is faster then the Western Digitals FASST cards. Is it a good controller? Is there anything better without going above the $500.00 price barrier? I was talking to a gentleman named Carl at another mail order house who told me that the ST-296n Segate SCSI drives have a poor purformance record when used for extended periods of time. This was the drive that I was thinking about using. 84MB, pretty cheap and SCSI. Carl said that if it was used for an hour or two and then shut down, it was fine, but for 24 hour a day operation, it failed too often. Anyone with any experience with this, either good or bad? Anyone recommend another cheap fast SCSI drive or vendor? Thanks Larry -- Larry Taborek ..!uunet!grebyn!macom1!larry Centel Federal Systems larry@macom1.UUCP 11400 Commerce Park Drive Reston, VA 22091-1506 My views do not reflect those of Centel 703-758-7000