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- From: lemieux@eecg.toronto.edu (Guy Gerard Lemieux)
- Subject: Re: Query: IDE drive (plus ET4k question)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.165744.13293@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- References: <1992Aug27.200557.20792@cs.cornell.edu>
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- Date: 27 Aug 92 20:57:44 GMT
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- lrj@cs.cornell.edu (Lew Jansen) writes:
- > Of course, I now find myself in a position where I need to
- > replace my existing (MFM) hard disk. What kind of price does
- > the Adaptec 1542b SCSI controller have? My jaw hit the floor
- > when I saw the pricing on the Ultrastor controllers.
-
- Don't bother picking up your jaw... :)
-
- The adaptec runs around $300. Try to get the "kit" form (so you
- have all the drivers and stuff for DOS/Novell/etc and can use them
- if you need them or sell your adaptec--it is much more expensive
- to buy them separately).
-
- > I'm afraid that plain economics will dictate that I opt for
- > IDE. In light of this, I'm considering the Quantum LPS120A.
-
- Excellent drive. I recommend only Quantums to people who ask.
- Why? Because their darn good: fast, quiet, reliable. Quantum
- Corp's financial report was released recently and they are in
- excellent financial shape (read: warranty support!).
-
- > Any opinions? How well do they deal with other drives if I
- > decide to add another IDE at a later date?
-
- A friend had a very difficult time getting two Quantums to work
- together. One was an older 80MB IDE drive (under the "Impulse"
- name) and the other was a (screamingly fast!) 210MB Quantum.
- He gave up and resorted to using floppies to transfer the data
- over from the smaller drive.
-
-
- Before deciding IDE or SCSI, ask yourself how much longer you will
- be in the IBM PC arena. I buy SCSI peripherals so that I can take
- them with me when I get a "real computer" (a 1.7GB SCSI drive is
- likely to suit me for many years...). Similarly, CD-ROM drives,
- good tape drives (not those cheapo ones running off a floppy
- controller), removeable drives (IOmega/SyQuest/optifloppies) and
- stuff can all be had in SCSI varieties (often the SCSI version is
- even better performing).
-
- Guy
-