Thanks for your suggestion. But what would you recomend if I wanted to
buy a
wide hard drive, which in fact is what I'm planning to buy. What is your
opinion on the 2940UW. I aprreciate all your help since this is really
the first time I'm going to build my own PC.

Postmaster wrote:

> >I am planning to build a new computer and I have trouble figuring out
> >which type of SCSI card to buy. Can someone please explain the
> >difference between wide SCSI, fast SCSI, ultra SCSI, etc.
> >I have a scanner and I plan to buy a hard drive and a zip drive and I
> >whant to put them on the same card but I don't know which card I need.
> >
> Here is the URL for Adaptec's Glossery  of Technical Terms were you can find
> more info on what you need to know
> http://www.adaptec.com/tools/glossary/general.html
>
> Sounds to me like an Adaptec 2940U would work just fine for you as long as
> you don't by a wide SCSI hard drive.
>
> James Kerr
> Metric Engineering
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