David Chiu wrote:
> Depending on the capacity you're looking for, it may be more economical to get
> an IDE card and IDE drive instead.
>
> Most narrow SCSI drives today are priced from $40 for 2/4GB to $200+ for
> 9/18GB (check www.pricewatch.com for latest pricing.) Be aware that there are
> a lot of SCA (80 pin) drives being sold "cheaply" which will require 80pin to
> 50pin adapters if your want to use them in your system.
>
> Cost of IDE card (ACard UDMA66) will run you around $50 on eBay, and 40GB IDE
> drive will cost about $80 from most vendors.
Does anyone have a quick explanation as to why 50-pin scsi drives are more
expensive than IDE?
-- Pat
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