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Re: Carte Blanche



Simon D. Williams wrote:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2009, sfahey wrote:

The only reason to use SCSI nowadays, would be to add a CD-ROM or a Zip Drive
to a system -- which isn't really useful or practical anymore.

While I agree that CF pretty much makes all that stuff obsolete, I still have a stack of 20 - 40 MB external SCSI drives that could be quite useful if not for the exorbitant prices SCSI cards generally fetch.

I wouldn't say it's a priority, but I also don't think the idea should be dismissed out of hand.

The great thing about a "soft" solution like the Carte Blanche is that
you can load it up as a SCSI controller when you need one, but not have
a sunk cost when you don't.

-michael

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