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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: BSD and Internet
Message-ID: <blake_chard-3009940717530001@mac100.bmd.trw.com>
From: blake_chard@oz.bmd.trw.com (Blake Chard)
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 07:17:53 -0700
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In article <36ejqn$n8j@jabba.cybernetics.net>,
james@hermes.cybernetics.net wrote:
> In article 2809941520200001@mac100.bmd.trw.com,
blake_chard@oz.bmd.trw.com (Blake Chard) writes:
>
> [deletions]
>
> )> I would suggest a EISA based DX2/66 or greater with a good SCSI controller
> )> with a few drives (if you really want that news feed local).
> )>
> )
> )Any particular reason a EISA with SCSI and not VISA Local with IDE?
>
> Let me update my reccomendation: EISA + VESA Local Bus for video.
>
> A good SCSI controller will let you do DMA, freeing up the CPU to do
> other things. On a machine that is going to be handling a news feed
> (monster disk intensive), one would want the most efficent + fast
> disk methods available. Perhaps a VLB SCSI controller, but (IMO, YMMV)
> IDE puts an undue burden on the CPU in a multi-tasking operating system.
>
> Now fire away!
>
Not from me. I was truley interested and appreciated your explanation.
Thanks
>
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