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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 10:05:37 -0500 (EST)
From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu>
To: Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>
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On Thu, 19 Feb 1998, Satoshi Asami wrote:

>  * Could anybody add a little blurb to this about what a hard drive
>  * advertised as "SCSI-3" means in practical terms to users making a
>  * purchase?
> 
> You mean, "nothing"? ;)
> 
> Actually, if someone can tell me what SCSI-3 in marketing bs means in
> plain English, I can add that.  (Ultra?  Wide?  Ultra-Wide?)  I
> haven't paid enough attention to all that junk....

If "nothing" is in fact what it means, it would be helpful to
explicitly state it--there are a lot of harddrives marketed as
SCSI-3.  The hardware sections of the handbook should help users
cut through the marketing crap and learn what *really* matters in
building a top-notch system for FreeBSD.  :) 

-john