[geeks] New Server Pictures

[Dan Duncan]

On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Patrick Giagnocavo +1.717.201.3366 wrote:
> > I had a 1.6GB drive (RZ27) in my 386 (and then 486) when the largest
> > IDE drive was in the 400MB range.  I still believe IDE set us back and
> > we'd be enjoying SCSI drives in the 300-400GB range for under $200 if
> > PCs had gone SCSI in the first place.
>
> You're not aware that the exact same guts are used in both IDE and
> SCSI drives, are you?

An RZ27 and a 400MB IDE drive did not have the same guts.

> What was the price difference between RZ27 and the 400MB IDE drive at
> that time?

Quite huge.

-DanD

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