> i have never had an IDE die (knock on wood) My experience also.
> at one point i got a scsi scanner (HP) > it wouldn't run on my scsi system (built by MICRON for $5K) > > it insisted on ONLY running on the crappy scsi controller they packaged > with it > after plugging that in i got it running, but there were still issues ... My experience also. I had to replace the el-crappo (8-bit ISA) SCSI card with another el-crappo one when the first one died. That was for a circa 1993 UMAX Vista T-630 scanner (bulky by today's standard, but it still works and produces beautiful results). Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Saputelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 7:32 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] SCSI v IDE & IBM Deathstars (was Protel vs. DirectCD) > without disputing any of your assertions which may be entirely > correct, my personal experience has been different > > every scsi drive i ever had died on me (4 or 5 of them, different eras > and makers) > i have never had an IDE die (knock on wood) > also there is another layer to scsi which has given me trouble, the > controller/driver layer which are more complex than IDE > > on various systems at various times with various controllers sometimes > it was a hope and a prayer that it would boot on first try > > at one point i got a scsi scanner (HP) > it wouldn't run on my scsi system (built by MICRON for $5K) > > it insisted on ONLY running on the crappy scsi controller they packaged > with it > after plugging that in i got it running, but there were still issues ... > > scsi did allow me to pile a bunch of drives in one box achieving more > storage than i otherwise could have gotten, but that is all moot now for > many (most?) of us > > Dennis Saputelli ************************************************************************ * Tracking #: 23988BA856F0CF469FE8CD96DBFA1C7EBAFFAE6A * ************************************************************************ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
