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- From: chall@clover.cleaf.com (Chris Hall)
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- Subject: Re: A4000 HD Drive, FORGET IT!
- Date: 12 Jan 1996 12:00:30 GMT
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- Byron Montgomerie (bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca) wrote:
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- : IDE is a hack but it is a cheap hack. :) In the 3.5" HD category, IDE drives
- : can be $100 cheaper than SCSI ones of the same size. 2.5" IDE hard drives were
- : a mistake, the notebook market consists of ignorant loons who pay $$$$ for
- : 386 class machines with batteries. :)
-
- : SCSI CD-ROMS are more expensive than their ISA/IDE counterparts as well.
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- You need to look at those prices again. Except on 800MB+ sized hard
- drives, IDE and SCSI are the same. I can order SCSI CDROMs at the same
- price as IDE CDROMs. The Reno external 2x CDROM SCSI2 drive ($80) would
- have make a excellent drive for 1200s if C= had included a SCSI
- controller.
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- Chris Hall
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