Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!shadooby!samsung!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!convex!eugene!swarren
From: swarren@eugene.uucp (Steve Warren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A590 on A1000?
Message-ID: <3439@convex.UUCP>
Date: 27 Nov 89 15:23:44 GMT
References: <822@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca>
Sender: usenet@convex.UUCP
Reply-To: swarren@convex.COM (Steve Warren)
Organization: Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx.
Lines: 53

In article <822@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) writes:
>In <3256@convex.UUCP>, swarren@eugene.uucp (Steve Warren) writes:
>>I don't want to buy a cheezy 20 meg ST506 drive with my controller.
>>I want a reasonably priced SCSI box that works on a 1000 and either
>>comes with a decent imbedded SCSI drive, or else comes sans drive.
>
>Well, you can call it cheesy if you want, thogh you might bear in mind that the
>drive is not welded into place in this unit, and can be replaced with any 3.5"
>SCSI drive you choose.

Why should I have to buy it if I don't want it?

>It also has provision for 2 megs of memory.

So do other controllers.  I like the controller.  I just want a better drive.

>It is also
>likely to be faster than the others. Pretty cheesy alright.

Show me some disk-perf results and I might believe you (even though I still
don't want the drive; 20 megs is just too small).  ST506 is slower than
SCSI most of the time.  I want > ST506 performance.  Why?  Because it is
available and affordable now.

Maybe cheesy was a strong word.  But maybe I don't want to be forced to
buy a drive that is below the standards I desire.  I pay the bucks; do my
desires count?

When I buy a new car I have the option of buying it without the manufacturer's
installed radio.  That's good, because I would rather install one of my own
choosing.  The one I choose will be superior to the manufacturer's, which
might be a decent radio in its own right.  But if they tried to force me to
buy theirs, I might call it cheesy in the midst of the discussion ;^).

Commodore makes a fine controller.  But I don't want to buy a drive that I
don't intend to use.  And I need the space inside the box for the drive
that I want to use with the controller.
>
>-larry
>
>--
>My name is OS/2, Mandius, Kludge of Kludges.
>Look upon my works, ye CS majors, and gag.
>+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
>|   //   Larry Phillips                                                 |
>| \X/    lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips |
>|        COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322  -or-  76703.4322@compuserve.com        |
>+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+


--Steve
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	  {uunet,sun}!convex!swarren; swarren@convex.COM