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IG-88:

I've been thinking about trying a SCSI setup lately and wanted to get some opinions on it. Anyone ever tried these before? Any advantages or disadvantages?

Jdurg:

I believe that SCSI has a faster maximum transfer rate possible which may mean quicker load times, and I think it also has a built in back-up of the data that I don't think IDE has.  This also means you need more drive space for an overall equivalent free space.

Justin Z:

No SCSI doesn't have redundant data storage by default.  It is actually older than IDE.  If you have a choice, and you already have a good quality SCSI controller, I would take it over IDE, but frankly it's not going to make much difference when you're loading 40kb rom files; therefore I don't feel like it's worth spending additional money on.  You might notice a few seconds' improvement in OS load time, tops.

If that's your goal, I might recommend you just add more RAM.

IG-88:

Well, to be frank about it, I don't know anything about SCSI but only have heard bits & pieces about it over the last few years. The reason I was thinking about going that route was the price of SCSI drives are alot lower that IDE drives. That and I'd just like to learn more about them.

You said something about a controller. What are they exactly? Maybe I'd better do some research on the whole SCSI architecture..... :P

hypernova:

About seven years ago, I had a SCSI setup.  However, when something went down, there were no spare parts to try to figure out what was wrong, since it was so expensive, and no one I knew had any stuff to use.

I'd just stick with IDE...SCSI is not worth the additional hassle anyways, IMO, and there are other hassles.  Termination, special cards, the correct pin connectors, etc.

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