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From: coop4p33@bwdlh119.BNR.CA (coop4p33)
Subject: Re: IDE drives  (was Re: building a clone ..... )
Message-ID: <1991May14.121339.14103@bwdls61.bnr.ca>
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References: <1991Feb16.202022.2496@d.cs.okstate.edu> <1991Feb15.201920.13743@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> <1991May13.034914.25448@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>
Date: Tue, 14 May 1991 12:13:39 GMT

IDE drives are great compared to old MFM or RLL drives, and are more
than fast enough for single user non-multitasking operations.
For doing serious UNIX work on a clone, a SCSI hard drive and controller
would give better performance (assuming a DMA SCSI controller).
-Ralph
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