Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!decwrl!bacchus.pa.dec.com!granite.pa.dec.com!mwm From: mwm@raven.pa.dec.com (Mike (Real Amigas have keyboard garages) Meyer) Subject: Re: Real System Comparisons In-Reply-To: eeh@public.BTR.COM's message of 8 Aug 90 22:32:29 GMT Message-ID: Sender: news@wrl.dec.com (News) Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica References: <13466@cbmvax.commodore.com> <13678@cbmvax.commodore.com> <306@public.BTR.COM> Distribution: usa Date: 9 Aug 90 11:03:15 Lines: 21 In article <306@public.BTR.COM> eeh@public.BTR.COM (Eduardo E. Horvath eeh@btr.com) writes: >They are (were?) also moving to the microchannel. I was looking at >what was being advertised. It's all ESDI, no SCSI to be found. That's not true. We bought a '386 20MHz over a year ago with a SCSI controller and a CDC WREN II drive. SCSI is available, and has been for several years. It is faster than ESDI and more expensive, thus the lower availability. SCSI is used almost exclusively for network servers in the IBM world, and may become dominant there in a year or two. Remember to add about $200 for the SCSI controller, and $500 for the 40M disk. I'm willing to believe you bought the thing. I just didn't see any advertised. Wanna provide a pointer to someone who sells complete systems with the SCSI onboard (remember, that's what Dave required).