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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!02-newsfeed.univie.ac.at!news.ecrc.de!news.compuserve.com!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.reference.com!cnn.nas.nasa.gov!news From: Paul Newhouse <pimin@diac.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: SCSI or IDE hard drive/CD-ROM Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 19:00:35 -0700 Organization: NAS Lines: 13 Message-ID: <32191C43.7566F4CF@diac.com> References: <Pine.SOL.3.93.960815214948.23515A-100000@bmec.hscbklyn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: wanker.nas.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4 (X11; I; BSD/386 uname failed) David Zakai wrote: > Purchase decision: SCSI or IDE hard drive/CD-ROM for new > Pentium 166 MHz, PCI system. Why? Cost. > Is it a mistake to use 2 gigabyte EIDE drive with FreeBSD > instead of 2.1 gig SCSI drive? > The EIDE system is several hundred dollars cheaper. How much performance can your pocket book handle??? Paul