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From: richk@netcom6.netcom.com (Richard Krehbiel)
Subject: Re: SCSI - worth it?
In-Reply-To: bmccarth@gulfaero.com's message of 19 Feb 1994 09:49:39 -0500
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In article <2k58u3INN61p@mickey.eng.gulfaero.com> 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

These people aren't talking about all the hassles they're being saved
via SCSI.  For myself, I have an Adaptec SCSI card, running a hard
disk, a CD-ROM, and a SCSI tape drive.  I'm delighted that I haven't
been burdened to configure any additional IRQs, I/O ports, DMA
channels, or memory areas for each device added.  I'm especially
delighted about the IRQs; if I had to add another device with an IRQ,
like a CD-ROM board, I'd be stuck, since I'm full-up.
-- 
Richard Krehbiel                                richk@netcom.com
Picture a clever one-liner here...