Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 16:13:12 -0700 From: "M.R.Murphy" <mrm@Mole.ORG> To: dennis@etinc.com, terry@lambert.org Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: mitsumi CD-ROM Message-ID: <199607172313.QAA25338@meerkat.mole.org>
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> >From last year -- 10 months ago -- which I happen to have handy: > size access RPM buffer brand model type price > ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- [...] > > 1083MB 11ms 4090 256K NEC D3727 IDE $235 > 1083MB 11ms 4090 256K NEC D3827 SCSI $295 >From this week, in the lower left corner of the US, 1.2G fast enough :-) Conner IDE $183 1.27G fast enough :-) Maxtor IDE $182 1.08GT fast enough :-) Seagate SCSI $250 1.08GT fast enough :-) Quantum SCSI $255 VLB IDE I/O 4HD, 2FD $22 Adaptec 2842 VL (kit) $239 [...] > > "IDE is cheaper than SCSI" is a myth. > Mostly Terry's right and SCSI is better, but IDE is in fact cheaper for a minimal system. And a minimal system with FreeBSD is a _very_ powerful system indeed. (AMD 586/133 MB+CPU @ $124 this week, 16MB @ $99 for the next hour, and that's not even minimal :-) -- Mike Murphy mrm@Mole.ORG +1 619 598 5874 Better is the enemy of Good
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