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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (1582)	4/5/1998 1:07:00 AM
From: Starowl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5944

Zeev: Can only be paranoia. Symbios personnel should look at this as an opportunity not a disaster. The fear is real but it is not based, I believe, on reality. Starowl

To: Zeev Hed who wrote (1582)	4/5/1998 6:53:00 PM
From: RagTimeBand	Respond to of 5944

Zeev >>Anyone on this thread close to Symbios? I hear rumblings from Symbios' quarters that there is fear there that ADAPTEC bought them to essentially "shut down" their main competitor. Is this just paranoia or has someone heard similar "rumblings".<< FWIW in post number 1392 Message 3846146 I quoted the following from a magazine article. You'll note that Diamond is using Symbios's technology. ------- Both Adaptec and Diamond Multimedia Systems have introduced Ultra2 SCSI HBAs in the past several months, with many more vendors expected to jump on the bandwagon. Last October, Adaptec, released its 64-bit Ultra2 SCSI controller for motherboard implementations, the AIC-7891, and its multipurpose SE-to-LVD transducer chip, the AIC-3860. Around the beginning of the year, Diamond Multimedia released its FireBall 80 LVD PCI Ultra2 SCSI Host Adapter Kit. The Diamond design is based on Symbios Logic's SYM53C895 controller and SYM 53C141 SCSI Bus Expander, or transducer, chip. As with any other new technology, these products will be a little expensive, somewhere between $400 and $500, but we can expect these prices to drop as more vendors enter the fray and competition increases. ------- It appears that there's reason to be concerned. Regards - Emory