From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Oct 23 13:32:44 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id NAA24456 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 13:32:44 -0700 Received: from etinc.com (etinc-gw.new-york.net [165.254.13.209]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id NAA24448 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 13:32:35 -0700 Received: from trumpet.etnet.com (trumpet.etnet.com [129.45.17.35]) by etinc.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id QAA10935; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 16:49:08 -0400 Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 16:49:08 -0400 Message-Id: <199510232049.QAA10935@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Terry Lambert From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Subject: Re: Bragging rights.. Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >> I really can't believe you guys are bragging about the widespread >> utilization of >> souped-up async. You still don't get the fact that you're losing several >> hundred dollars >> worth of machine (which brings the cost in-line with sync) to save a few >> hundred on >> cards for a less-efficient solution. > >I don't own any IDE drives -- do you? It's an interesting parallel. > Routers don't use disks during operation, so why spend money on SCSI? Its hardly a parallel, since theres no gain in spending the money. On the other hand, you pay extra for speed because you think its worth it...which is exactly what I said about sync. Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25