From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jun 19 20:56:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA08774 for chat-outgoing; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 20:56:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA08767 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 20:56:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id NAA02134; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 13:26:14 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199706200356.NAA02134@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Status on LS-120 drive support? (moving to chat...) In-Reply-To: <33A9F720.5E39DDD6@concentric.net> from Joshua Fielden at "Jun 19, 97 09:21:04 pm" To: shag@concentric.net (Joshua Fielden) Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 13:26:13 +0930 (CST) Cc: paulg@interlog.com, joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu, chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 [[