From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jul 17 16:15:04 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA29807 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 17 Jul 1996 16:15:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mole.mole.org (marmot.mole.org [204.216.57.191]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA29802 for ; Wed, 17 Jul 1996 16:15:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by mole.mole.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) id XAA06525; Wed, 17 Jul 1996 23:13:33 GMT Received: from meerkat.mole.org(206.197.192.110) by mole.mole.org via smap (V1.3) id sma006522; Wed Jul 17 23:13:13 1996 Received: (from mrm@localhost) by meerkat.mole.org (8.6.11/8.6.9) id QAA25338; Wed, 17 Jul 1996 16:13:12 -0700 Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 16:13:12 -0700 From: "M.R.Murphy" Message-Id: <199607172313.QAA25338@meerkat.mole.org> To: dennis@etinc.com, terry@lambert.org Subject: Re: mitsumi CD-ROM Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >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