From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 27 17:47:28 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id RAA20735 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 27 Sep 1995 17:47:28 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id RAA20730 for ; Wed, 27 Sep 1995 17:47:25 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id KAA21277; Thu, 28 Sep 1995 10:37:41 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199509280107.KAA21277@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: PC configuration advice wanted. To: serges@umr.edu (Doug S.) Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 10:37:40 +0930 (CST) Cc: jeffa@sybase.com, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Doug S." at Sep 27, 95 10:02:24 am Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1344 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Doug S. stands accused of saying: > Yes, and if youre creating a solution to take advantage of *one* OS > or application, then you *may* find a SCSI implementation that supports > your hardware and software. However, if you (as many of us are) want to > remain as standardized as is reasonable, to take advantage of various > OSs, then (E)IDE is (currently) the *only* way to go. Still totally bogus. All of the major SCSI interface families have good vendor support for all of the major operating environments, and have for many years. Do I need to make a list? In the closed minds of the average PC retailer, your argument is very popular. Out here in the real world, it's just so much crap. Your argument that the lowest common denominator is the best possible thing to stick with smacks of enforced mediocrity. I bet that you don't advocate W95 as the One True Solution; don't do the same with hardware. > Serge. (not much humility in my opinions 8) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[