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- From: najem@milton.cs.uiuc.edu (Zeyad Najem)
- Subject: help selecting SCSI hardware.
- Message-ID: <1992Aug23.172424.10606@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
- Keywords: SCSI hardware linux
- Sender: news@m.cs.uiuc.edu (News Database (admin-Mike Schwager))
- Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 17:24:24 GMT
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- I'm about to buy the following three items. Linux will be the main OS
- installed on my system (I still need DOS from time to time). I would
- appreciate any comments regarding the selected hardware and/or prices.
- The major use of the system will be LISP/Prolog/TeX/Postscript.
-
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- o 520MB Fujitsu 3.5" 12ms HD $1099.00
- o Always SCSI controller $ 179.00
- o Archive Viber 250MB Tape drive $ 499.00
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- The current specs of the system is:
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- o 486/33 ISA
- o 16MB RAM
- o 170MB IDE Hard drives.
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- My specific questions are:
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- 1) Is the Always controller a good choice ?
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- 2) Is there any inheritied limitations in the controller/tape drive
- that prohibits linux from supporting it in the future ? If enough
- material is avaialable, I can try writing a driver myself.
-
- 3) Do SCSI and IDE coexist ?
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-
- Thanks for your help and, as always, thanks for everyone who
- contributed to the success of Linux.
-
-
- - Ziad
- najem@cs.uiuc.edu
-