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From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: building a clone: good stuff vs. trash?
Keywords: clone,homebuilt,motherboard
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Date: 17 Feb 91 18:05:08 GMT
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*>>I also would avoid an IDE drive, especially a Seagate. IDE drives are SLOW
*>>and turn out about 500-600k per second throughput - a bad idea to hook up
*>>such a slow drive to a fast system.

*>I don't know where you get those statistics, but I would like to point out
*>that about 90% of the mail order computer companies use IDE drives because
*>they are fast, low cost, and reliable.  Northgate, Gateway, Zeos, Dell,
*>EVERYONE use IDE drives.  I get transfer rates around 800-1000k per second,
*>and they very inexpensive.

Which brings up the point: what exactly is an IDE 
drive? I'm familiar with ST506, SCSI, ESDI, MFM
and RLL, but IDE is a new term for me.
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