on 10/24/00 9:15 PM, Paul F. Nelson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > OK>In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 18:05:46 -0700 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Duo/2400 List) > From: Paul Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Duo2400] Re: No Subject > > At 4:14 PM -0400 10/24/00, Eric L. Strobel wrote: >> on 10/24/00 4:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> >>> In a message dated 10/24/00 3:33:13 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>> >>>> This raises a question for me. In 2.5" hard drives of the 2300 vintage, >>>> aren't you better off with a SCSI than an IDE (of the same size) because >>>> of >>>> the SCSI being faster than the IDE? >>> >>> Hmmmmm....bus limitations being what they are, doubt you'd see much >>> difference, and the faster EIDE drives should make up for bus access time in >>> faster sector access time. Also, has anyone priced a 4 gig SCSI 2.5" drive >>> as of late? Don't know if they even exist! >>> >>> Andrew >>> >> >> AFAIK, all the big "SCSI" drives (which appear to only be offered by MCE) >> are actually IDE drives with a $150 converter board attached. >> >> - Eric. > > AFAIK, neither of you said ANYTHING relevant to a 2300 which came out in > 1995. Stick to the question "of the 2300 vintage", not today's new hard > drives. > Paul > I'm not sure what your point is. 2.5" SCSI drives *of ANY era* are almost impossible to find. The restriction "of the 2300 vintage" is, as a practical matter, meaningless. If one is looking to replace a 2300 drive, you get a MODERN 2.5" IDE drive (why restrict yourself to 5 year old IDE drives?), since (apparently) nobody makes 2.5" SCSI drives any longer. If you're looking for a drive that was a contemporary of the 2300 when it came out, well it is almost impossible to find SCSI drives from that era (at least ones bigger than 320 MB), so you're once again limited to the IDE drives. Now, if you're simply asking what the better choice would have been way back when the 2300 came out, as a sort of theoretical point of interest, then that's a different matter entirely. I think we're all assuming from the original question that you've got a 2300 and are looking to replace the drive. - Eric. ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need help from a real person? Try. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Dr. Bott | Great Duo & 2400 stuff including 10/100 Ethernet for 2400s! Dr. Bott | Duo Batts too <http://www.drbott.com/prod/alist/duo.html> NineWire | If they are cool enough to host this list... Digital Solutions | ...you should check them out! http://www.NineWire.com/ PowerBook Guy is | Click here! Everything PowerBook! | http://www.powerbookguy.com Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
