SCSI and other PCI cards

[Kevin A. Pieckiel]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but PCI is PCI is PCI.  If I go to my local
computer store or favorite online reseller and buy the latest and greatest
64-bit PCI Adaptec SCSI card (and probably some nice hard drives to go
with it), I can install that in my Alpha (Alpha Server 5305) and it will
work, right?  I mean, Naturally, FreeBSD would have to have drivers
for it (but it does, so that's a non-issue), but electrically, the bus
is the same in an Alpha as it is in a PC or some other architecture, right?
Afterall, they're both PCI.....

Kevin



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