Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 13:26:13 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: shag@concentric.net (Joshua Fielden) Cc: paulg@interlog.com, joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Status on LS-120 drive support? (moving to chat...) Message-ID: <199706200356.NAA02134@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <33A9F720.5E39DDD6@concentric.net> from Joshua Fielden at "Jun 19, 97 09:21:04 pm"
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Joshua Fielden stands accused of saying: > Oh, and as an aside, Apple also chose the IDE drive for powerbooks > because of power needs vs. performance. That's also the reason there > hasn't been an internal terminator since the 5300/190/2300, and that all > internal terminators on PowerBooks have been hoky at best. This is because Apple are a bunch of cheap bastards. Passive terminators are cheap, but use a lot of power. Active termination costs a few cents more, but uses almost no power (when idle). > --Joshua Fielden -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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