Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 09:32:22 -0700 From: "Tim Oneil" <toneil@visigenic.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI Hardware (was: QIC-80 Floppy Tapes) Message-ID: <3.0.2.32.19970630093222.00bcf230@visigenic.com> In-Reply-To: <199706301602.MAA01404@limbo.senate.org> References: <199706301547.KAA04755@beowulf.utmb.edu>
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At 12:02 PM 6/30/97 -0400, you wrote: >Nonetheless, I paid only $100 for this drive about two years ago and >don't have the money to purchase a SCSI tape, at least not for this >computer which doesn't even have a SCSI adapter. I thought that there'd >be others like me and this would generate some interest; obviously I >was wrong. As I plan to make my next computer all SCSI, can I change >the subject and ask this: If I were to get computer A instead of computer >B below, what (approximately) would be the price difference? > > A B >SCSI 3.1GB HD EIDE 3.1GB HD >SCSI CD-ROM IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM >SCSI Tape Drive IDE/ATAPI Tape (do they exist?) >SCSI CD-R non-SCSI equivalent of CD-R > >I heard that a SCSI adapter to manage so many devices at once would >be around $150, plus the devices themselves will be more expensive. I >would appreciate any input on this topic. My fBSD machine is all scsi. In my area I pay about very roughly about 20% or so more for scsi devices, except tape drives, scsi tape drives are quite a bit more than non-scsi devices for some reason. I don't have a tape drive on my machine though. Heres the breakdown: The machine is a 486/133 w/64M ram that I had laying around. Adaptec Vesa host adapter: $130 Quantum Fireball 2.1 Gig (on sale) 220 Seagate 1 gig 180 Teac 4X CDROM 100 E2000 ethernet adapter 20 All scsi, all working fine. The Seagate and the teac are over a year old, so the prices, especially the teac, are going to be less. So I put this box together for under 800 I guess. 2.2.1 installs like a champ on this setup. Oh yeah, add an old ATI Mach32 video adapter I had and Xwindows is a snap too. -Tim
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