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Re: <Q> �IDE HD's w/ Performa 5200?

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From: Peter Tilmanis
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 00:00
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On Tue, 16 Dec 1997 13:09:08 -0500, "Frank Rizzo" <frank@your.mamma>
wrote:

>Which you can also use with a PC in case no one told you flake. And EIDE is
>very dependable, moreso tha SCSI.

I can only laugh.  You really don't know much about drive interfaces
do you?

>Maybe you are not familiar with the moronic Mac user who who will buy a
>faster (way more expensive external) as his secondary drive because he is
>afraid to buy (and install) an internal as his primary.

Maybe you're not familiar with the flexibility of an external hard
disk - portability, etc.

>You mean LBA, and all new drives handle LBA moron.

"all new drives" are EIDE, not IDE.

>HA HA HA HA HA ......when a MacLoser can teach me about computers I'll
>retire....HA HAHAHA....

Hey pal, a chimp could teach you a lot about computers.

--
Peter Tilmanis
petert@minerva.com.au
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Subject: Re: <Q> �IDE HD's w/ Performa 5200?
Date: 1997/12/17
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