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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:8096 comp.windows.x.i386unix:6670 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!sdd.hp.com!apollo.hp.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!mcrcim.mcgill.edu!homer.cs.mcgill.ca!storm From: storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.windows.x.i386unix Subject: Re: IDE vs. SCSI (was Re: If you were to assemble a new machine...) Date: 19 Jan 1994 16:24:50 GMT Organization: SOCS, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Lines: 25 Message-ID: <2hjmsi$920@homer.cs.mcgill.ca> References: <2hg0ju$j7r@homer.cs.mcgill.ca> <1994Jan15.165808.10213@kf8nh.wariat.org> <HVFcgc2w165w@oasys.pc.my> <CJvrst.4BC@murdoch.acc.virginia.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: mnementh.cs.mcgill.ca In article <CJvrst.4BC@murdoch.acc.virginia.edu>, Larry Doolittle <doolitt@cebaf4.cebaf.gov> wrote: > >Would one of you SCSI advocates tell me this: would you rather >have a SCSI controller, or the extra RAM that the same money >would buy? (or, to keep it more apropos this group, an upgrade >to your video card :-) ) I guess it depends on the size of >machine you are starting with. given the price you pay for a scsi controller these days [~160-200$], you can get 1 4mb simm. when you've already got 16mb with your system, i'd take the controller. i'm not saying there is no good reason for ide drives. all i'm saying is that they hurt the overall feel and performance of the system. marc 'em. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Wandschneider Seattle, WA Barney the Dinosaur sings! You faint... Barney sings! Barney sings! --More-- You Die... --More--