On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Jason Quigley wrote:
>Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 12:59:44 +0200
>From: Jason Quigley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Mike A. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Cc: CD Writing Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Can't access CDROM while blanking a CDRW.
>
>Hi Mike!
>
>I use a Hotrod 66 IDE card which works like a charm after I patched the kernel
>to use it. This card is very cheap - about the same as a lower performing SCSI
>card.
>
>You talk about the expense of using IDE cards, yet, if you go the SCSI route,
>you will spend a *lot* more on disks and CD burners, etc.
Oh certainly. I wasn't trying to say that the IDE stuff out
there is no good. I was merely saying that I'd like to get a
SCSI card so I can use SCSI hardware, and if I had to buy an
extra IDE card, even for $60 or so, that just prolongs the IDE
devices existence in my system. The $60 put into SCSI, makes
SCSI all the closer and within reach. It depends on what you'd
like your computer to do in the future. Myself, I would like to
have more freedom with adding new devices whenever I like. IDE
limits you to 2 devices per channel. Soon, this will be
extended, but only in ATA100 systems, so the benefit will be far
off in the distant for someone upgrading a legacy system. The
money put out for a decent ATA100 controller, cabling, and ATA100
drives, might as well be spent on SCSI IMHO. Especially since no
OS supports all the features yet... In fact, most people don't
even know that IDE can do that stuff yet.
I'd also like to have a snazzy card like a Fasttrack100, or
Ultra100. Depends on the mood I'm in when I can afford to
upgrade stuff I guess...
TTYL
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