On 7 Jun 2000, Matthias Andree wrote:
> 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?
It doesn't. You get an UDMA/33 controller (= two channels) and a UDMA/66
controller (=another two channels). Total four channels, eight drives.
> (OTOH, where do I buy IDE SLR tape drives ;-)
SLR = self loading rifle. You want to shoot your backup tapes?! :-)
Seriously: ISTR there are IDE/ATAPI tape drives out there. You just need
to look...
James.
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