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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:47611 comp.os.386bsd.questions:3736 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:59950 comp.windows.x.i386unix:2449 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!uunet!wyvern!taylor.wyvern.com!mark From: mark@taylor.uucp (Mark A. Davis) Subject: Re: SUMMARY: 486DX2/66 for Unix conclusions (fairly long) Organization: Lake Taylor Hospital Computer Services Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1993 12:29:37 GMT Message-ID: <1993Jul12.122937.20476@taylor.uucp> References: <1993Jul12.022002.16965@taylor.uucp> <mr2CA1Az4.J2E@netcom.com> Lines: 27 mr2@netcom.com (Jongyoon Lee) writes: >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. Not really, I was just spitting off anything I could think of at the time. Couldn't remember what interface it was; anyway, it doesn't matter. Yes, you are more than satisfied.... but what are you going to do when you need more than 2 hard drives, or want a SCSI CD-ROM or Tape drive or such? -- /--------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Mark A. Davis | Lake Taylor Hospital | Norfolk, VA (804)-461-5001x431 | | Sys.Administrator| Computer Services | mark@taylor.wyvern.com .uucp | \--------------------------------------------------------------------------/