Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 17:54:56 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, dscheidt@enteract.com, noslenj@swbell.net, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dual 400 -> dual 600 worth it? Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19991214175324.047365d0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199912141853.LAA19833@usr02.primenet.com> References: <4.2.0.58.19991213200556.0473c1e0@localhost>
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At 11:53 AM 12/14/1999 , Terry Lambert wrote: >Sorry, but Bzzzt. SCSI is actually cheaper in Europe than the >US. Or is IDE more expensive, so that the prices converge that way? This was the impression I got when I was in Europe. > > The ideal thing would be a hybrid: a drive which supported the > > full SCSI command repertoire but didn't have the overhead of > > selection, arbitration, bus settling time, signal deskewing, > > etc. > >Yeah, that's called "ATAPI". All IDE CDROMs are SCSI CDROMS >in disguise. ATAPI is *sort of* that. But not really. Some important SCSI features are missing. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the messagehome | help
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