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From: bkuo@girtab.usc.edu (Benjamin Kuo)
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Subject: Re: Serial HD -> SCSI HD
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Date: 24 Oct 90 16:59:53 GMT
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There's only one thing with that. The price of giving it SCSI (I think I
priced it around or above $100 last time I checked) isn't really worth it,
considering the rock bottom prices on SCSI drives now available. All the
addition does is add the firmware for SCSI to the drive, (basically adding
a SCSI controller and using a serial drive)... Considering how serial drives
haven't been in production for awhile, I'd assume it is old, too--old enough
that it's been used heavily and you'll benefit from buying a new drive.
(magnetic media has a rather short lifespan...)