[KLUG Members] Re: SCSI cards

[Mike Williams]

>
>Message: 8
>To: members@kalamazoolinux.org
>Subject: Re: [KLUG Members] The Hunt for Hardware.... 
>Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 10:28:59 -0400
>From: bob@acm.org
>Reply-To: members@kalamazoolinux.org
>
>Moi:
>>>>Recently, I was looking for a decent SCSI card at a good price. I
>Bruce:
>>>As of late, I like the Adaptec 2490UW card as good if not better than 
>>>the Buslogics.  I've seen them in the sub $100 range.  (somewhere ...)
>Adam:
>>Yes, Best Buy sells them for quite a bit less than that....
>
>Thanks! I think you mean "2940UW", not "2490UW"... I knew the Adaptec
>cards were good, but didn't knowwhich one to pick this week/month...
>I see these starting about $62 on the 'net, and may stop by the local
>BB and compare...

I've been keeping my eyes open for the price of those things to drop, but Best Buy and such only sell the 2930, which is Ultra- Narrow for $99.00.  I've never seen a Wide card for in the retail channel for anything close to that.  For what it's worth, anybody know the difference between the 2930 and the 2940 series?