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Re: what cd-writer ?



I hate to disagree but... the symbios cards are great and they are
generaly cheaper, faster and less trouble.

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On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Daniel J. Brosemer wrote:

> > On Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 04:57:08PM -0500, Odin wrote:
> 
> <snipped for obfuscation>
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> > Can you recommend an inexpensive PCI SCSI card to go with a Yamaha? Right
> > now, I have two ATAPI hard drives and an ATAPI DVD drive connected to a
> > motherboard IDE controller. I was planning on purchasing a HP ATAPI
> > drive, but after hearing about several bad experiences with ATAPI
> > drives, I'm interested in a SCSI-based external one. 
> 
> Well, I can't in good conscience reccommend anything but an adaptec.  I've
> heard (but not experienced) that a zip-plus will erase data on a scsi hdd
> when not connected to an adaptec.  There are other reasons, though, like
> support, speed, _very_ nice bios, etc.  You'll pay for the niceness, but
> in my opinion, well worth it.  If you're planning on just using your CD-R
> on your SCSI chain, then you don't need Ultra Wide or even SCSI-3, just
> get yourself a good SCSI-2 (you don't even need that, but room to expand
> is good, and good luck finding a Narrow SCSI-1 anymore.)  If you're not
> buying for a corporation, my suggestion would be to watch the online
> auctions, sometimes they have adaptec cards.
> 
> -Dan
> 
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