[geeks] PC SCSI Systems...

[Ken Hansen]

The low-end SCSI-based Dell server I got is *real* nice - single
PIII/933 MHz CPU, 128 Meg RAM, Ultra 160 SCSI (dual channel!), 18 Gig
SCSI HD, BS 4 Meg video built-in, about $600 w/3 yr warranty (next-day
*on-site* no less)...

A bit noisy though - but it runs forever, and when you need a boost, 1
Gig of RAM is nice, and a second CPU is about $100-150...

Nice x86 box, IMHO.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joshua D Boyd" <jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 1:00 AM
Subject: Re: [geeks] WTB: FH 5.25" SCSI-1 enclosure


> On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 05:32:48AM +0000, Kris Kirby wrote:
> > On Sun, 25 Nov 2001, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> > > > Which is also a good reason to have an Adaptec 3940 in a PC.
:)
> > >
> > > Why, is it auto terminating?  I've only used 3940.
> >
> > I dunno. :) Seriously, tho: It has three (four?) connectors. Two
internal
> > and one external. One of the internal connectors and the external
> > connector are connected together, so you can put the external
stuff on a
> > totally seperate SCSI bus. If the external bus goes down, the
internal one
> > doesn't. :)
> >
> > Better than the "here's three, but pick two" of the 2940UW.
>
>
> The 2940 I have here isn't U or W.  That is probably why I'm always
surprised
> by how slow the machine it is in is (originally it was in a L2-less
P90, then
> a P166, now a P200mmx, in other words, it is in my sisters machine).
I don't
> know what the deal is, but when my sister gets a new machine, she is
actually
> getting a new machine instead of a radical upgrade.  And I think it
is probably
> going to be an all IDE machine.  I've used some screaming all SCSI
Wintel
> machines, but the ones I've put together have never fit this
description.  She
> doesn't push the machine hard anyway.
>
> --
> Joshua D. Boyd
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