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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:47568 comp.os.386bsd.questions:3719 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:59919 comp.windows.x.i386unix:2441 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.windows.x.i386unix Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!uunet!olivea!apple.com!netcomsv!netcom.com!mr2 From: mr2@netcom.com (Jongyoon Lee) Subject: Re: SUMMARY: 486DX2/66 for Unix conclusions (fairly long) Message-ID: <mr2CA1Az4.J2E@netcom.com> Followup-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.windows.x.i386unix Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8] References: <1993Jul12.022002.16965@taylor.uucp> Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1993 04:25:51 GMT Lines: 24 Mark A. Davis (mark@taylor.uucp) wrote: : I have to agree with Piercarlo, strongly. IDE might be fine for a small : starter system; but most will quickly outgrow it and start bashing their : head against it. Through all the ESDI stuff, MFM stuff, RLL stuff, etc.. : SCSI was there, and still is. It may not be the BEST interface, but it : is the most open, flexible, and standard available (and it's much : better than IDE). IDE might be unacceptable for file servers. But it's more than adequate for individual stand alone machines. I'm more than satisfied with my 540Meg IDE drives. BTW, MFM and RLL stuff is encoding algorithm whereas ESDI, SCSI, and IDE are interface type. You are comparing apples and orages. Jongyoon -- +-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+ | Jongyoon Lee | _/_/ _/ _/_/ | | University of California | _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ | | Los Angeles | _/ _/ _/ _/ | | Computer Science | _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ | | | _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ | | jong@seas.ucla.edu | _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ | | mr2@netcom.com | _/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+