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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:47891 comp.os.386bsd.questions:3793 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:60230 comp.windows.x.i386unix:2502 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!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!pv141b.vincent.iastate.edu!sheldon From: sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon) Subject: Re: SUMMARY: 486DX2/66 for Unix conclusions (fairly long) Message-ID: <sheldon.742619429@pv141b.vincent.iastate.edu> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA References: <1993Jul12.022002.16965@taylor.uucp> <mr2CA1Az4.J2E@netcom.com> <1993Jul12.122937.20476@taylor.uucp> Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1993 03:10:29 GMT Lines: 26 In <1993Jul12.122937.20476@taylor.uucp> mark@taylor.uucp (Mark A. Davis) writes: >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. >>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. >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? We've been running SCO Unix off of 340 Meg IDE drives. It's perfectly acceptable for a personal system. I wouldn't recommend this for a server either. Well, when we need more than 2 hard drives, or want a CD-ROM, Tape, Magneto-Optical drive, etc... We add a SCSI controller. Not tried this with our SCO machines, but it seems to work just fine on all of our MSDOS systems, with CD-ROM's, optical drives, scanners, etc. -- sheldon@iastate.edu Steve Sheldon My comments are not necessarily those of Iowa State University my employers. If you disagree with them please feel free to e-mail me.