Charles Gaefke wrote in a message to Louis Aubree:

CG>     Period.
LA> 
LA> Well, SCSI HD's are expensive. So, go on with ATAPI/IDE HD.
LA> But you can use SCSI for a CD burner and a scanner and ...

 CG>     Yeah, so?

 CG>     You are preaching to the choir, and a poor choir at that. 

 CG>     The point is I can get an IDE drive twice the size of a
 CG> SCSI drive for the same price.  

 CG>     That's all I need to know to decide which way to go.

 CG>     Os/2 is better than Windows.  Which do people use?
 CG>     Beta is better than VHS.  Which do people use?
 CG>     SCSI is better than IDE.  Which do people use? 

I'd say that it all depends on what it is that you want to do...

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