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From: stm@uunet!unhd (Steven T Mcclure)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: What kind of drive type (ESDI, SCSI, etc) and a modem question
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Date: 2 Feb 90 01:01:54 GMT
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I know this has been asked before, but I didn't pay attention then because
I was looking for other things (stupid me), but I am looking to purchase a
system, and haven't figured out which drive type would be the fastest.  I
am looking for a drive with about 300 Meg capacity, and was wondering which
is faster, SCSI or ESDI (or something else I don't know about)?  I also need
a controller that will support at least 2 hard disks and at least 2 floppy
disks, and would like to be able to add another controller if I decide to add
even more hard/floppy disks (wishful thinking, right :-)).  Can this be done
eaisly if I buy the right hardware now, looking towards doing this in the
future?

Also, I am looking for a fast modem, but am not sure what type to get.  I would
like at least 9,600 baud, but 19,200 (or higher) is what I am really looking
for.  Any clues?  (I know, I ask a lot of questions, but how else do you get
answers? :-) :-))

Thanks for all replies (well, except the negative ones of course :-) in advance.
 
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Steven T. McClure                            uucp:     ...!uunet!unhd!stm
University of New Hampshire                  internet: stm@unhd
Durham, NH