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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!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!van-bc!portal.ca!not-for-mail From: curt@portal.ca (Curt Sampson) 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 17:52:40 -0800 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Ltd. Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4ci098$laf@cynic.portal.ca> References: <4ajc07$sb7@unix2.glink.net.hk> <4cdijr$hjg@toplink1.toplink.net> <4cfq48$9lg@news1.halcyon.com> <4chmhg$dkh@zuul.nmti.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:31934 alt.os.linux:6821 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:11392 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1715 In article <4chmhg$dkh@zuul.nmti.com>, Peter da Silva <peter@nmti.com> wrote: >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? Oh, come on Peter, that's nothing that can't be solved by buying a P90 rather than a 486/66. And you can use the $200 you saved on the CD-ROM to do it! :-) Of course, if you needed a P90 in the first place, you now need a P166, which is more like an $800 difference, but that's easily remedied by simply buying 4 IDE CD-ROM drives, to save a total of $800. cjs -- Curt Sampson curt@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.