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From: pthomas@arecibo.aero.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: IDE vs SCSI vs ESDI vs ???
Message-ID: <1991May29.194400.8044@aero.org>
Date: 29 May 91 19:39:46 GMT
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I am finally planning to move out of the MFM world.  After a failed bout
with the Perstor 16-FN (board was returned to Perstor twice for repairs,
and consistently failed again after two to three months each time), I have
decided it is time to move to a more standard interface.  My question--in
your experience what would be the best choice to use on a 10 MHz 0 ws AT
in a 16 bit slot.  I need to run one drive of a minimum of 80 MB and one
HD 5.25 floppy.  Expandability is not a requirement--but it never hurts.
Things I'm looking for are:  low price, reliability, and performance (through-
put and access time).

I'll need to buy both the controller and the drive, so consider the cost of
controllers when discussing price.

I am particularly interested in information from people who have tried more
than one type of interface.

Thanks for your help!

--Pete