On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 10:41:22 -0400
>From: Bill Davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Can't access CDROM while blanking a CDRW.
>
>In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Mike A. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> That would be fine, except for one thing: I have 2 hard disks,
>> both of which are mounted and used all the time. One is hda, the
>> other hdb. So in order to solve this problem admirably, I would
>> need an external IDE card I suppose. PCI cards are expensive,
>> and if I were to buy one I might as well get a SCSI card and go
>> that route instead.
>
> Buy SCSI and all new devices to save $30-40 on a card? I have two
>Promise/33's and a 66, and I think the 33's were both ~$30 + tax or
>shipping. I got one at a computer show and one mail order. Didn't need
>the 2nd one, just bought it in case I would, since it was cheap.
No, you miss my point. I would eventually LIKE to have a SCSI
system. Continuously adding IDE kludges to the system is forking
out potential money that could be used towards SCSI
purchase. Having SCSI doesn't in any way mean you can't
simultaneously use IDE devices. That way the $30 comes off the
price of a 2940 card. Where I live, that $30 is more like $60-90
too. Canadian Dollars, not USD.
If I buy an IDE card I don't just want a low end card, I want
something that will allow me to get full benefit from NEW
hardware. That calls for an Ultra100 or something. If all you
want is another IDE interface I'm sure it is cheap enough. I
don't want to spend $10 on an IDE interface that just gets me an
extra IDE port. If I spend money I want to put it towards
something worth an upgrade for. An Ultra100 would allow me to
buy and use new Ultra 100 drives to their potential and would be
worth it.
It depends on what your needs are for your computer, and what
hardware you want. I want SCSI some day.
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