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Xref: sserve comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:18497 comp.os.linux.hardware:2215 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5398 comp.os.os2.misc:126173 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!news.clark.net!not-for-mail From: permuttt@clark.net (Tom Permutt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.os2.misc Subject: Re: IDE bad? was Re: List of recommended hardware components Date: 15 Feb 1995 10:35:26 -0500 Organization: Clark Internet Services, Inc., Ellicott City, MD USA Lines: 20 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3ht6vv$9vh@explorer.clark.net> References: <3hn1m2$2dv@hermes.unt.edu> <D3yE42.6Ax@bonkers.taronga.com> <3hrlu8$ecj@hermes.unt.edu> <3ht0uk$ddo@newstand.syr.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: clark.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In article <3ht0uk$ddo@newstand.syr.edu>, Shawn Carey <smcarey@mailbox.syr.edu> wrote: >SCSI supports more than just HDDs. Suppose I've got IDE, and I want >to add a tape drive, or a CDROM reader, or a scanner, etc? I'll most >likely end up needing another controller for each of these devices. >ISA/VLB systems only have so many slots. Another big win for SCSI is >that the devices can be external, so you can move them from one >machine to another without opening the toolbox. The price difference >between IDE and SCSI, which isn't much these days, would have to be >pretty dramatic for me to ignore the advantages of SCSI. Well, I already _have_ a SCSI controller for that other stuff, along with a MFM disk controller. When I replace the MFM drive, it is still going to be cheaper and easier to put in a new IDE drive and host adapter than to hook a new SCSI drive to the SCSI controller. Any reason I shouldn't, if I have the slot to spare? -- Tom Permutt permuttt@clark.net