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Date:      Tue, 27 Aug 1996 20:50:42 +0100
From:      rb@gid.co.uk (Bob Bishop)
To:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Multiple swaps slow down system?
Message-ID:  <v01510102ae49000da208@[194.32.164.2]>

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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.


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Bob Bishop              (0118) 977 4017  international code +44 118
rb@gid.co.uk        fax (0118) 989 4254  between 0800 and 1800 UK





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