[rescue] AXi Third-Party SCSI

[Eric Dittman]

> >>> I'd like to add a PCI narrow SE SCSI controller to my AXi
> >>> system to connect a SCSI CDROM drive so I can keep only
> >>> disks on the built-in wide SE SCSI controllers.  Are there
> >>> any inexpensive third-party controllers that are supported
> >>> by the motherboard and Solaris 8/9?
> >> 
> >> Get one of the Symbios 83C75 (?) cards; thats what Sun sells (with a
> >> Sun part number sticker on them).  Usually less than $100 off eBay.
> > 
> > I've got a couple of those, but I haven't tried them as
> > someone told me the Sun-compatible cards have different
> > firmware than the generic 53C857 cards.
> 
> I have sold more than a few of those non sun boards and they seem to work
> just fine.

I'll give them a try this weekend.

Thanks, Bill and Mike.
-- 
Eric Dittman
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