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From: aad@nwnet.net (Anthony Talltree)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: IDE vs SCSI (was Re: Linux vs BSD)
Date: 27 Jan 1997 12:46:11 -0800
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>> It's things like tagged queueing and the ability to saturate your bus
>> with multiple devices that make SCSI a win on real OSes.

Modulo the need to disable tagged queueing since vendors have tended to
not implement it well.