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Xref: sserve comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:18502 comp.os.linux.hardware:2220 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5402 comp.os.os2.misc:126186 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.tc.cornell.edu!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!newstand.syr.edu!mailbox.syr.edu!smcarey From: smcarey@mailbox.syr.edu (Shawn Carey) 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 13:52:20 GMT Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Lines: 20 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3ht0uk$ddo@newstand.syr.edu> References: <3hn1m2$2dv@hermes.unt.edu> <D3yE42.6Ax@bonkers.taronga.com> <3hrlu8$ecj@hermes.unt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sudial-92.syr.edu In article <3hrlu8$ecj@hermes.unt.edu> vnr0001@jove.acs.unt.edu (Vijay Narayan Ramasubramanian) writes: > >I really don't think you can beat the price performance from a Promise >EIDE2300plus+Quantum Lightning 730...the performance advantage is just >not there. And how many people want more than 2 fast HDDs? While a lot >of people might post in response to that question, they are the >minority. I think that IDE succeeded because of its price and ease 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. -Shawn Carey