[geeks] argh

[jkunz at unixag-kl.fh-kl.de]

On  6 Apr, Dave McGuire wrote:

>   *bzzzt*  McGuire's Big Red Button alert.
>   FDDI and SCSI are "gone"? 
FDDI: Is this still used for new installations? E.g. the local
university has thrown out all remaining FDDI stuf and replaced it by
GBit/s Ethernet. (Some years ago they replaced much of it with ATM.)

> Wow, I guess I'd better stop using them.
Using existing hardware is one thing. (Hey, we are still using VAXen and
SMD drives! At least I do.) Still active on the market is an other
thing and that is what I am talking about. 

> Though FDDI stuff isn't being produced in the same volume it was a
> couple of years ago, SCSI certainly is.
OK. SCSI isn't dead, but it will be daed soon. When I look at the
prices for SCSI components, and at the price of there IDE counterparts,
I want wo \begin{whine}. At least here in good old Germany the ratio
SCSI / IDE is about 4..5!!! 
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tschuess,
          Jochen

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