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From: paul@myrddin.isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul)
Subject: Re: If you were to assemble a new machine...
Message-ID: <1994Jan18.153740.25402@cm.cf.ac.uk>
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Organization: Intelligent Systems Lab, ELSYM, University of Wales, Cardiff
References: <1994Jan15.165808.10213@kf8nh.wariat.org> <HVFcgc2w165w@oasys.pc.my>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 15:37:38 +0000
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In article <HVFcgc2w165w@oasys.pc.my> othman@oasys.pc.my (Othman Ahmad) writes:
>bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org (Brandon S. Allbery) writes:
>It has nothing to do with IDE definition. It is more due to the lack of 
>bus mastering controller. If you want performance, equivalent to SCSI,
>buy an IDE bus mastering controller. You'll still get the advantage of
>compatibility and easy upgrade but now it almost cost as much as a SCSI system.
>	With that controller, I can buy an extra hard disk.
>
>It is all a matter of cost. If I have the money, why should I buy a PC in the
>first place. There are people who even bought a SPARC workstation.

I think I'd buy a faster bigger PC anyway if I had more money. From what I've
been hearing a workstation class pc will outperform the bottom of the range
sparcstations. With the few thousand you'd save you could buy an extra gig of
disk and some more memory.

>SABAH is HEAVEN. Beautiful islands, mountains and jungles are next to 5 star 
>hotels. There are no natural and very few man-made disasters,
>               BUT for how long will it last?
>Disclaimer: I only speak for myself


-- 
  Paul Richards, 
  Intelligent Systems Laboratory, ELSYM ,University of Wales, College Cardiff
  Internet: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk,  JANET(UK): RICHARDSDP@UK.AC.CARDIFF