On (26 Jan 96) Bill Grimsley wrote to Keith Richardson...



 BG> Keith, at 17:12 on Jan 26 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...



BG> Now, consider this:  The above board (or similar) has _on-board_ EIDE

 BG> HD

BG> controllers AND dual 16550 serial I/O, ergo no separate IDE I/O card



KR> i cant see the need for dual 16550s, the mouse can only go so fast (:



 BG> True, but it makes sense if you want to run your modem on either COM port.



yearh, but then i have an internal modem anyway (:



BG> If cost is a consideration (and it seemingly is) then forget SCSI. 

 BG> The

BG> controller card alone will cost as much as a decent 2Gb EIDE drive!



KR> where are you getting the 2 gig eide drive for less than $400 from?

 BG> i'd

KR> be in that (:



 BG> A bit of an an exaggeration, I'll admit, but the high-end Adaptecs, for

 BG> example, do indeed cost as much, if not more than a 2Gb EIDE drive these

 BG> days.  Besides, dealer cost on a WD 1.6Gb drive is now well under $400.



my 1542cf cost $350, but i suppose that the pci version could be that

expensive, guess i'll find out at the next upgrade, whenever that comes

round.



                        Keith



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