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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:8047 comp.windows.x.i386unix:6623 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.windows.x.i386unix Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!cf-cm!paul From: paul@myrddin.isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul) Subject: Re: If you were to assemble a new machine... Message-ID: <1994Jan18.153740.25402@cm.cf.ac.uk> Sender: news@cm.cf.ac.uk (Network News System) Organization: Intelligent Systems Lab, ELSYM, University of Wales, Cardiff References: <1994Jan15.165808.10213@kf8nh.wariat.org> <HVFcgc2w165w@oasys.pc.my> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 15:37:38 +0000 Lines: 26 In article <HVFcgc2w165w@oasys.pc.my> othman@oasys.pc.my (Othman Ahmad) writes: >bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org (Brandon S. Allbery) writes: >It has nothing to do with IDE definition. It is more due to the lack of >bus mastering controller. If you want performance, equivalent to SCSI, >buy an IDE bus mastering controller. You'll still get the advantage of >compatibility and easy upgrade but now it almost cost as much as a SCSI system. > With that controller, I can buy an extra hard disk. > >It is all a matter of cost. If I have the money, why should I buy a PC in the >first place. There are people who even bought a SPARC workstation. I think I'd buy a faster bigger PC anyway if I had more money. From what I've been hearing a workstation class pc will outperform the bottom of the range sparcstations. With the few thousand you'd save you could buy an extra gig of disk and some more memory. >SABAH is HEAVEN. Beautiful islands, mountains and jungles are next to 5 star >hotels. There are no natural and very few man-made disasters, > BUT for how long will it last? >Disclaimer: I only speak for myself -- Paul Richards, Intelligent Systems Laboratory, ELSYM ,University of Wales, College Cardiff Internet: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk, JANET(UK): RICHARDSDP@UK.AC.CARDIFF