He shoots... he scores!

Doc Shipley doc at mdrconsult.com
Sat Aug 14 14:48:05 CDT 2004


Bruce Lane wrote:

> Hi, Jay & Doc,
> 
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> On 12-Aug-04 at 12:18 Doc Shipley wrote:
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>>  And, of course, HVD adapters for PC have gotten Very Damned Expensive.
> 
> 
> 	If you're nutty enough to buy them new, yes, that's absolutely correct.
> 
> 	HOWEVER -- I picked up a nice Qlogic PCI HVD SCSI card on E-pay for the stunning total of about $40.
> 
> 	Right now, in fact, there are three Adaptec AHA-2944UW Diff/Wide/Narrow SCSI cards at 'Buy-it-Now' for $45 each. Here's the links.

   No, I wouldn't even consider a new one, but even at $40-45, HVD is 
still relatively expensive.  I can reliably get an Adaptec 2940UW, 
single-ended ultra-wide, for $10 or $15, or a BusLogic UW for $5-10.


	Doc



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