Need SCSI card advice

Tim Kallinis (bt404@freenet.toronto.on.ca)
Thu, 14 May 1998 00:11:28 -0400 (EDT)

Hello, this is my first message to this newsgroup. I'm hoping someone can
provide me with some advice as to which SCSI card I should purchase to
access a scanner under SANE. I have an ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 motherboard and
was thinking of getting the associated ASUS PCI-SC200 SCSI card
(NCR52C810 chip I believe). I understand this card is detected and works
fine under Linux (at least from the DejaNews articles I've read), however
I'm uncertain if it's a good choice for SANE or in general (I have no
experience with SCSI devices). I'm interested in getting a UMAX Astra 1200,
however I remember reading in the SANE archive that the UMAX uses a Mac
style connector, whereas, the ASUS card uses a SCSI-2 externel cable.
Would this present a problem in connecting the two (I suspect/hope it
doesn't) ? Is there some way to force this card or any PnP card to a
specific IRQ (I think it's a PnP card and I wouldn't want it to get
assigned to IRQ 9 which holds an 8-bit serial card, COM3, I use for my
Wyse 60 terminal - IRQs 10 or 12 would be fine however) ?

I would also appreciate any suggestions/recommendations regarding other
SCSI cards. I'm looking for something cheap that won't cause any problems
under Linux or force itself on any IRQs <= 9 (I hate PnP).

(Please reply to my e-mail address as well as the list)

Regards,

Timothy Kallinis

bt404@torfree.net
timothy.kallinis@utoronto.ca

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