Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 14:18:05 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: First time for my own PC hardware Message-ID: <199907262118.OAA79990@pau-amma.whistle.com>
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>Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 14:06:57 -0700 >From: Summoner <summoner@uswest.net> >OEM drives don't come with cables, manufacturers assume that anyone >with enough brains to install their own hardware always has at least >one spare IDE cable. *glances at the boxes of ribbon cables on the >shelves* Yeah, well... this pair of boxes would be the first hardware I've purchased that uses IDE (ref. Subject:). :-) All the other stuff I've accumulated is SCSI. (Some of it using DB-50 connectors, mind you, but SCSI -- or a SCSI-ESDI bridge controller.) >Retail boxed drives and "drive kits" always come with an IDE cable. At least I find these cultural differences interesting; reminds me of the differences in "cultural norms" re: who pays for what (real estate) commissions when we moved from southern to northern California. (Hint: in southern CA, seller pays. In northern CA, buyer pays. This combination did not facilitate the move at all....) Cheers, david -- David Wolfskill dhw@whistle.com UNIX System Administrator voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (888) 347-0197 FAX: (650) 372-5915 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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