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- From: mdaymon@rainbow.rmii.com (Maxwell Daymon)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: A4000 HD Drive, FORGET IT!
- Date: 17 Jan 1996 12:54:05 GMT
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- Edmund Vermeulen (edmundv@grafix.xs4all.nl) wrote:
- : On 14 Jan 96 Ross Deeley wrote about 'Re: A4000 HD Drive, FORGET IT!':
- : RD> You still need the SCSI interface in the new amigas - lets not be
- : RD> limited to 2 devices and the other IDE restrictions. SCSI could be a
- : RD> lot cheaper if they included it on the motherboard.
-
- : Putting IDE in the low end Amigas was one of the smartest things Commodore did.
- : IDE drives (hard disk and CD-ROM) are so much cheaper than similar SCSI
- : devices. High end is a different story altogether. SCSI is a must there.
-
- IDE is a lame standard and it causes performance hits in TRUE preemptive
- multitasking operating systems. Adding a CD-ROM drive at this point
- requires hacking up the A1200 case or buying a PCMCIA adapter that takes
- your slot and brings the price up to SCSI level.
-
- Had they just put in a SCSI controller wih external SCSI connector, you
- might pay a LITTLE more for devices, but less in the long run for not
- having to buy special adapters, etc.
-