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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:47662 comp.os.386bsd.questions:3745 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:60004 comp.windows.x.i386unix:2461 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.windows.x.i386unix Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: SUMMARY: 486DX2/66 for Unix conclusions (fairly long) Message-ID: <hastyCA2CCK.L9E@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <1993Jul12.022002.16965@taylor.uucp> <mr2CA1Az4.J2E@netcom.com> <1993Jul12.122937.20476@taylor.uucp> Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1993 17:53:02 GMT Lines: 35 In article <1993Jul12.122937.20476@taylor.uucp> mark@taylor.uucp (Mark A. Davis) writes: >mr2@netcom.com (Jongyoon Lee) writes: > >>Mark A. Davis (mark@taylor.uucp) wrote: > >>: I have to agree with Piercarlo, strongly. IDE might be fine for a small >>: starter system; but most will quickly outgrow it and start bashing their >>: head against it. Through all the ESDI stuff, MFM stuff, RLL stuff, etc.. >>: SCSI was there, and still is. It may not be the BEST interface, but it >>: is the most open, flexible, and standard available (and it's much >>: better than IDE). > >>IDE might be unacceptable for file servers. But it's more than adequate >>for individual stand alone machines. I'm more than satisfied with my >>540Meg IDE drives. >>BTW, MFM and RLL stuff is encoding algorithm whereas ESDI, SCSI, and IDE >>are interface type. You are comparing apples and orages. > >Not really, I was just spitting off anything I could think of at the time. >Couldn't remember what interface it was; anyway, it doesn't matter. >Yes, you are more than satisfied.... but what are you going to do when you >need more than 2 hard drives, or want a SCSI CD-ROM or Tape drive or such? Also, among similar operating systems and machines one can take lets say external SCSI dat tape drives, CD-ROMS or large disks and plug them in another system. Yes, it is possible to use scsi devices in different architectures but I don't want to get into that. Amancio -- This message brought to you by the letters X and S and the number 3 Amancio Hasty | Home: (415) 495-3046 | ftp-site depository of all my work: e-mail hasty@netcom.com | sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/incoming