James Sutherland <jas88@cam.ac.uk> writes:
> On 7 Jun 2000, Matthias Andree wrote:
>
> > "J. S. Connell" <ankh@canuck.gen.nz> writes:
> >
> > > IDE and SCSI, in my mind, are addressing two different segments of the
> > > market. Let's just shut up about it and use whichever is most suitable for
> > > whatever we're trying to do, okay?
> >
> > I still believe in the superiority of SCSI, for practical reasons (most
> > notably IRQs!), but I'll stick with a single IDE drive since I cannot
> > afford 18 GB SCSI drives (gee, some Fujitsu MAE would be fine), but I
> > can afford 20 GB IDE.
> >
> > Without SCSI, I would however be lost. Two tape drives, CD-ROM,
> > CD-Writer. Huh, where would IDE put the hard disk?
>
> You get a mobo with UDMA/66 on board. The tape & CD drives go on the
> two UDMA/33 channels, then the HDD goes on the first UDMA/66 channel. That
> way, you have room for another three IDE HDDs...
Since when does UDMA/66 provide FOUR devices per channel?
(OTOH, where do I buy IDE SLR tape drives ;-)
-- Matthias AndreeWhere do you think you're going today?
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