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From: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Hard drive interfaces
Message-ID: <1990Nov6.202625.10911@sj.ate.slb.com>
Date: 6 Nov 90 20:26:25 GMT
References: <544@chiton.ucsd.edu>
Reply-To: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
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In article <544@chiton.ucsd.edu> rkh@chiton (Bob Hagg) writes:
>I'm musing over the purchase of a 386/20 or /25 and I'm trying to 
>decide whether to go with an ESDI or SCSI hard drive interface. 
>I'm interested in hearing what you netlanders think pros/cons
>of the two systems. I would like to be able to run UNIX or
>Xenix in the future so I 'm looking at 100-125 Mb disks.
>I'm leaning toward the ESDI interface because of its speed.
>Does anyone know the differences in access time between the 
>two? Is it possible to run two drive controllers if I were to
>add a tape backup or seconded 1.44 drive.
>
>You can respond to me directly via e-mail. Thanks in advance.


You will probably find SCSI and ESDI comparable in speed, but for UNIX, SCSI
would probably be better.

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