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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!ns.mcs.kent.edu!kira.cc.uakron.edu!odin.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!rclnews.eng.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!news.uh.edu!uuneo.neosoft.com!nmtigw!zuul.nmti.com!peter From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: a monthly FreeBSD magazine (and other *BSD's too) Date: 4 Jan 1996 23:06:24 GMT Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4chmhg$dkh@zuul.nmti.com> References: <4ajc07$sb7@unix2.glink.net.hk> <4ca3gu$4nc@news1.halcyon.com> <4cdijr$hjg@toplink1.toplink.net> <4cfq48$9lg@news1.halcyon.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sonic.nmti.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:31946 alt.os.linux:6826 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:11399 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1718 In article <4cfq48$9lg@news1.halcyon.com>, Tim Smith <tzs@coho.halcyon.com> wrote: > Unless you need more than one CD-ROM drive, or need to be a CD-ROM server > in addition to being a file server, how do you justify the extra cost for > a SCSI CD-ROM? The fact that your computer doesn't lag like you're hitting memory over a 300 baud modem when you start doing heavy I/O, because your ATAPI interface is sucking your CPU time? > The ~$200 price difference Hmmm... browse the net.... don't know about the NEC but the Toshiba's a good drive: NEC MODEL 511 QUAD SPEED INTERNAL SCSI - $218.90 TOSHIBA XM5301 INTERNAL QUAD SPEED SCSI - $218.90 You can get an ATAPI one for $18.90? -- Peter da Silva (NIC: PJD2) `-_-' 1601 Industrial Boulevard Bailey Network Management 'U` Sugar Land, TX 77487-5013 +1 713 274 5180 "Har du kramat din varg idag?" USA Bailey pays for my technical expertise. My opinions probably scare them