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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:8114 comp.windows.x.i386unix:6687 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.windows.x.i386unix Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!eff!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!wariat.org!kf8nh!bsa From: bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org (Brandon S. Allbery) Subject: Re: IDE vs. SCSI (was Re: If you were to assemble a new machine...) References: <2hg0ju$j7r@homer.cs.mcgill.ca> <1994Jan15.165808.10213@kf8nh.wariat.org> <HVFcgc2w165w@oasys.pc.my> <CJvrst.4BC@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Organization: Brandon's Linux box and AmPR node, Mentor, OH Date: Thu, 20 Jan 1994 04:40:46 GMT Message-ID: <1994Jan20.044046.22072@kf8nh.wariat.org> Lines: 16 In article <CJvrst.4BC@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, doolitt@cebaf4.cebaf.gov (Larry Doolittle) says: +--------------- | Would one of you SCSI advocates tell me this: would you rather | have a SCSI controller, or the extra RAM that the same money | would buy? (or, to keep it more apropos this group, an upgrade +------------->8 With 24MB RAM I don't swap, and I have a 2MB ATI GUP, so a SCSI card is appropriate. ---Note that there are other reasons for SCSI, like having up to 7 devices on it (not just hard drives) but needing only *one* card slot. ++Brandon -- Brandon S. Allbery kf8nh@kf8nh.ampr.org bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org "MSDOS didn't get as bad as it is overnight -- it took over ten years of careful development." ---dmeggins@aix1.uottawa.ca