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SCSI vs. IDE which is better?
Justin Z:
--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on December 29, 2007, 09:40:25 pm ---On a side note, I had a SCSI system 9 or so years ago and I still remember my friends were in awe when I was able to burn a cd (at a screaming 4x speed) and was able to surf the web at the same time. On an IDE setup back then you would always get a buffer underrun error if you did anything else on your computer while it was burning. Good times.
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Heh, how funny.
My first PC, a 386DX-25, was a real blazer in 1990 terms. It had a SCSI hard drive which could read data at a whopping 400KB/sec. ;D I think the next best option, an ISA interface, would've topped out around 250KB/sec in those days.
IG-88:
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on January 01, 2008, 11:36:42 am ---
--- Quote from: IG-88 on January 01, 2008, 10:43:29 am ---And as far as wasted time, it's a hobby therefore time doesn't "cost" me anything. Whatever I am doing if it's related to my hobby it's not wasted time. :P
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Says the man who has never battled to configure a cheap SCSI system .... :P
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Oh boy, now I'm gonna have to do it! ;D
IG-88:
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on January 01, 2008, 11:50:46 am ---
--- Quote from: divemaster127 on January 01, 2008, 11:41:15 am ---Each to his own but after eide cameout, sata etc, I swore I would NEVER touch a scsi again nothing but a headache, you can get a new 160 gig sata drive for $50.00 & prob cheaper used on ebay
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I have at least a couple of working (last I checked) SCSI cards/drives lying around, so the cost to me would be free ... well below IG-88's $30 and I will choose to buy a cheap IDE or SATA drive for use in a MAME box every time.
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Cool. Send them my way and save me some $$ ;)
FrizzleFried:
Frys had a 320GB SATA drive at $89.00 last week.
How can you argue with that?
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: IG-88 on January 01, 2008, 12:51:27 pm ---
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on January 01, 2008, 11:50:46 am ---
--- Quote from: divemaster127 on January 01, 2008, 11:41:15 am ---Each to his own but after eide cameout, sata etc, I swore I would NEVER touch a scsi again nothing but a headache, you can get a new 160 gig sata drive for $50.00 & prob cheaper used on ebay
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:applaud:
I have at least a couple of working (last I checked) SCSI cards/drives lying around, so the cost to me would be free ... well below IG-88's $30 and I will choose to buy a cheap IDE or SATA drive for use in a MAME box every time.
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Cool. Send them my way and save me some $$ ;)
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Each of the drives (5.25" double height) weighs a ton ... you could drop them off a building through the hood of a car and they would still run ... probably about $90+ in shipping alone ... and then you need to deal with drivers for your OS of choice (which you haven't mentioned and is the most important aspect of your decision).
;)