Re: OT? Advice on new pc configuration

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From: ian.linwood
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 00:00

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On Sun, 30 Apr 2000 15:08:45 GMT, prs@gol.com (Jacqui or (maybe) Pete)
wrote:

>>
>>> EIDE Drive 1 20G Seagate 7200rpm ATA66 ($194)
>>> EIDE Drive 2 DVD 8x Afreey ($139)
>>> EIDE Drive 4 Teac CD-ReWriteable 4x4x32 ($199)
>>
>>thought of SCSI? take some load of the processor for cd-writing
>Yeah?  How does that work?  All excuses for more gadgets very welcome,
>you understand.  I'm a bit bigoted against scsi after trying to put
>one in my pc once Many Moons Ago, but I understand that that's
>irrational.

Go SCSI, you will not regret it. Free's up a couple of IRQs, less load
on processor, much easier to expand system. The whole system will be
much slicker.

Negative points - price, careful attention needs paid to ensure that
the case is cooled properly.

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