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In demon.tech.pc, Tom Bird wrote:

>george marengo <gmarengo@primenet.com> wrote in article
><3481ad5c.1747139@news.primenet.com>...
>
>> I also have reservations about their definition of what a typical
>> workstation user might be doing for multitasking. Two Autocad windows?
>> That's it? I have a network in my house, and the NT machine is generally
>> used as the file server and CD-Rom server, as well as my programming
>> machine. I think they need to re-examine how someone who decides to buy
>> a SCSI system actually uses it. 
>
>Try CD burner in the near future, server for a LAN, 8 hot swappable drive
>bays, Canon slide scanner, fast backup device, 2 CD-ROM's need I go on?
>
>I notice that many IDE owners seek to debunk SCSI in favour of (what the
>hell it's called, oh yes,) UltraDMA which supports a MAXimum if 4 devices
>which are either hard disks or CD-ROM's.  

I said for a *typical*  workstation, bozo, not for people hanging half the
world's peripherals off their PC. Your hardware fetish seems to obscure you from
the fact that 99% of PCs have just 1 hard disk and 1 CDROM, for which case SCSI
is a waste of money.

I agree that SCSI is superior for the mid to high end uses, but for the low end
the only advantage is that it makes your wallet lighter. 
-- 
Bob Cousins, Software Engineer.
Home page at http://www.demon.co.uk/sirius-cybernetics/