Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 15:58:15 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: thorpej@nas.nasa.gov, dennis@etinc.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mitsumi CD-ROM Message-ID: <199607162258.PAA02294@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <21649.837554507@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Jul 16, 96 03:01:47 pm
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> > I fail to see value in "disposable" hardware. That's just wasteful. In > > the long-run, you end up spending _more_ than you did on just one piece > > of good hardware. > > While I agree with your comments about spending an extra buck or two > on things like SCSI, generally recouping the cost in reduced hair loss > and psychiatric sessions, I can't say agree that there's no point at > all in deliberately producing disposable solutions. The difference in price on drives is history (IMO), unless you are an idiot and buy from the wrong middleman. I would prefer it if people would not perpetuate this (now) urban myth of "IDE cheaper than SCSI" any further. The main price differential is the controllers, and that goes away for motherboards with built in SCSI controllers (HP, Compaq, ASUS, etc.). It is generally worthwhile to have a plug in SCSI controller over a plug in IDE controller, since IDE controller manufacturers are well known to leave out little things, like shift buffers for the bus interface. > Considering that 99.9% of all computer hardware is disposable *whether > you like it or not*, be it PC or Sparc (I wouldn't, for example, > accept a SPARCstation I as a gift) I would, if people are giving the things away. You can take out the HD if you want to keep it and just send the rest; I will pay postage. This generally goes for nearly any platform where NetBSD already runs, since I think it's time to start porting, but can't get anyone else to become as gung-ho about it as I am. 8-(. > and won't be useful for much more than 3-5 years, Except, of course, in terms of ensuring platform specific code is properly isolated when the next "throw away" platform comes along and we want to port to that... Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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