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"Janus, Philip" <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 30 Nov 1999 20:51:44 -0500
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 S3 / Diamond has not made Fireport's for some time, however, they
are not rare.  There must have been warehouses full of them.  A good
cheap choice for ultra-wide support, but don't expect driver updates.
For 8 bit devices like CD-R I really like the Iomega Jazz someone
donated to me.  Easy install, NT support, and PCI format (plug and
play).
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Don't get a Fireport - *zero* Windows 2000 support, zero support from
Diamond (you can't even download drivers from their site now). In addition,
the chipset is a Symbios chipset, but "altered" enough that reference
drivers may not work right.

I'd try real hard to stay with Adaptec, Symbios or Mylex.


A lot of cheap scsi cards are still ISA format, although as David points
out they would probably work.
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Just realize that ISA cards _may_ cause problems in a plug n' play system.

Philo

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