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- From: pcg@aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: Re: Recommendations wanted on PC Unix system purchase
- Message-ID: <PCG.92Aug16185455@aberdb.aber.ac.uk>
- Date: 16 Aug 92 18:54:55 GMT
- References: <PCG.92Aug9223924@aberdb.aber.ac.uk> <1992Aug16.021349.2647@mccc.edu>
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- Reply-To: pcg@aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi)
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- In-Reply-To: pjh@mccc.edu's message of 16 Aug 92 02: 13:49 GMT
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- On 16 Aug 92 02:13:49 GMT, pjh@mccc.edu (P. J. Holsberg) said:
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- pjh> Piercarlo Grandi (pcg@aber.ac.uk) wrote: If you think that Dell's
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- pcg> DAT drive is too expensive, get one from APS (alliance peripherals
- pcg> systems); it costs about $1400. The APS DAT is portable; you can
- pcg> actually carry it from machine to machine, it is very small and
- pcg> light.
-
- pjh> Does it work off a serial or parallel port, or do you have to open
- pjh> up each machine and attach it to the SCSI controller?
-
- Neither :-). It's a SCSI device, and all Nice and Fine SCSI controllers
- have a SCSI socket on the back, so you can attach both external and
- internal devices to the same SCSI bus.
-
- By default, even when there are no external devices plugged in, I keep
- that end of the bus externally terminated, so I can always unplug the
- exterminal terminator and plug in an external device.
-
- And yes, if you are *careful* you can even do this without powering down
- the machine (but I explicitly disclaim any and all consequences of
- taking such a risk).
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