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(...) If have to agree with Mike you are always much better off if you buy your own parts and put it together. My current system was designed specifically for 2D graphics. PIII 500, 128MB PC100 RAM, Tyan board, 2x AGP video, 56K modem (a real (...) (24 years ago, 28-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Desktops with SCSI drives (was Re: Desktops with SCSI RAM?)
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(...) Buying from ANY big name company like Dell or Gateway pretty much means you will not get everything you want the way you want it. Which is why I never buy prebuilt computers from places like that for my personal use. I used to build my own, (...) (24 years ago, 28-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Desktops with SCSI drives (was Re: Desktops with SCSI RAM?)
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(...) but can I get a workstation with all the other stuff I want (DVD, CD-RW, etc..)? --Bram (24 years ago, 27-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yup. :) (24 years ago, 27-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Kinda funny that a Mac person would still be squarely on the SCSI side of things since it has been a _long_ time since Macs have come standard with anything but IDE drives. :) (...) Yep, and there are inexpensive controllers to be had. I just (...) (24 years ago, 27-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) you're probably looking at the home computers... Look in the small buisness section, under "workstations" - I think all the "Precision" workstations come with scsi... :) Dan (24 years ago, 27-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Desktops with SCSI drives (was Re: Desktops with SCSI RAM?)
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(...) Yes... TIA, --Bram (24 years ago, 27-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Um, am I the only one who says the actual *letters* (S-C-S-I) instead of a word? Tobias Möller (URL) GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GED d s: a--- C++ U? P? L E? W+++@ N++ o? K? w--- O? M++>$ V? PS PE? Y+ PGP? t++@ 5++ X++ R? tv++ b+ DI+ D? G e-- (...) (24 years ago, 27-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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See, the promary reason I'm squarely on the SCSI side of this debate is that I've been a Mac dude for years; I've got piles of old SCSI drives lying around. Everytime I build a new (PC) box, I tend to use an inexpensive SCSI controller, and one or (...) (24 years ago, 27-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Reminds me of the first off-the-shelf computer I ever bought; I got the 20Mb hard drive 'cause I couldn't conceive of ever needing 40Mb. *smirk* -Cheese (...) (24 years ago, 27-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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