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Article #52Re: Buying a hard disk - which brand?
From: Laurie Dobson
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 10:26
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 10:26
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I have a couple of related questions...
I too am about to buy a 540Mb hard drive. I have a 386DX40, and consequently
an ISA bus. I'm hoping to buy a VLB 486DX2-66 or DX2-80 in a few months, so
I want to get an Enhanced IDE drive to take advantage of the bus. The thing
is, will I be able to use an EIDE drive with my bog-standard IDE controller
on an ISA bus until such time as I can afford a VLB machine and EIDE
controller?
Secondly, is there a huge difference in speed between different makes of
EIDE drives or is it a case of only 50k/sec difference in the DTR? Does the
amount of cache make a noticable difference, ie. 256k vs 128k?
I've seen a 560Mb EIDE drive for 139upk, while some (eg WD) are 189ukp and/or
only 525Mb. Is it worth forking out an extra 50 quid for a smaller drive?
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