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From: rick@cxbne.cx.OZ.AU (Ulrich Mack)
Subject: Re: SCSI - worth it?
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Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 22:32:45 GMT
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bmccarth@gulfaero.com (Bill McCarthy) writes:

>Hiya:

>I've been reading these two groups. along with the other hardware
>ones, and I am really wondering if SCSI is worth all the hassles
>it seems to be causing. Maybe there is a silent majority that has
>had no real trouble with SCSI cd installations, but from what I've
>read, and my own limited experience, I can't see any reason for the
>extra hassle of SCSI. Oh, I know from the articles I've read that SCSI
>will allow you to hook up up to seven devices to your box, but I sure
>don't see the value of this if you spend most of your time tring to
>get your stuff configured. Just my $0.02. (BTW, this is not an attempt
>at flame-bait, just my observations from the past year, personal and
>work-related re. hardware installs.)

You're right. SCSI can be a lot of trouble if you don't understand what its
all about. Then again, it means I can use my tape drive, disk and cdrom with
Dell Unix, Windows NT and DOS without worrying about incompatible drivers
or some weird controller. All my SCSI devices are compatible with anything
I want to do.

It's a lot easier not to bother learning about device ids, proper cabling
and terminations etc, but some day you might grow up and come across a
real computer (HP, IBM, SGI, Sun etc.) that uses SCSI. What then?



Ulrich Mack
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