From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 27 13:11:05 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA26596 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 27 Aug 1996 13:11:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from isbalham (isbalham.ist.co.uk [192.31.26.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA26585 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 1996 13:10:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gid.co.uk (uucp@localhost) by isbalham (8.6.12/8.6.12) with UUCP id VAA25502; Tue, 27 Aug 1996 21:07:21 +0100 Received: from [194.32.164.2] by seagoon.gid.co.uk; Tue, 27 Aug 1996 20:48:31 +0100 X-Sender: rb@194.32.164.1 Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 20:50:42 +0100 To: Terry Lambert From: rb@gid.co.uk (Bob Bishop) Subject: Re: Multiple swaps slow down system? Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I distinctly heard you say: >[...] >I always wonder if this is just dealers milking the market, or what. >The latest "Processor" magazine shows no price difference in drives >over 250M or so. It is just impossible to subscribe to "Processor" >or "Computer Shopper" outside the US, or just impossible to buy through >them? Or is it possible, but just not done, in an international >conspiracy to portray SCSI as costing more? 8-). "Computer Shopper" is alive and well in the UK, and full of ads for local outlets. FWIW, the price differential between IDE and SCSI has all but disappeared here; interestingly the best SCSI prices are often with Mac-oriented outlets who don't shift many units of IDE. -- Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK