From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Apr 19 21:32:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA14938 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sun, 19 Apr 1998 21:32:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (castles147.castles.com [208.214.165.147]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA14821 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 04:31:59 GMT (envelope-from mike@antipodes.cdrom.com) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antipodes.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA03887; Sun, 19 Apr 1998 21:29:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199804200429.VAA03887@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Stephen Hocking-Senior Programmer PGS Tensor Perth cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Narrow SCSI controllers, and using WIDE drives with them In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 20 Apr 1998 11:12:33 +0800." <199804200312.LAA24540@ariadne.tensor.pgs.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 21:29:10 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > Is it possible, and if you have one of those 50 pin flat ribbon cables, is it > possible to buy adaptors for those D-plug style connectors? Yes. > Stephen, whose boot barracuda is dying, and is considering IDE Ultra DMA. Even without the "ultra" word, if you only have a single disk, and the machine is a workstation, and you don't plan on swapping heavily, IDE is very effective. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message