Re: The sad Truth about iMac:

[Propower]

dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:

>coaxial <coaxial@escape.ca> wrote:
>
>> In article <david.921023197@wraith>, david@uow.edu.au (David Wilson) wrote:
>> > SCSI-3 has not been released so where did they get SCSI-5?
>> 
>> I don't know. I found it in my most recent version of "inmac" catalog,
>> which is published by MicroWarehouse (the Canadian version). Despite the
>> name of the catalog, it has absolutely nothing to do with Mac's, it's a
>> catalog for PC hardware, software, networking & supplies.
>> 
>> Here's how they (MicroWarehouse) listed it:
>> 
>> SCSI I ...............up to 5Mbps
>> SCSI II (wide)........up to 10Mbps
>> SCSI III (fast).......up to 20Mbps
>> SCSI V (ultra)........up to 40Mbps
>> 
>> Perhaps they screwed up?
>
>Note that these speeds are megabytes per second (written MBps), not
>megabits (written Mbps).
>

The heck with all of those,if you got the money get fibre Channel and
go up to 200MB/sec!
http://www.quantum.com/src/whitepapers/fibre/#sum

Or, try SCSI3(name isn't set yet) 160MB/sec!
http://www.quantum.com/src/whitepapers/ultra160m/

Burn rubber baby!

Propower
(I use Ultra2 SCSI 80MB/sec)Seagate 9.1GB 10,000rpm