Re: New Apple II (was Apple's next move ...)

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In article <4lmpvu$pbk@news3.cts.com>, jamess@cts.com (Jim Stafford)
writes:

>
>If you check out the May 1996 issue of PC World they tackle the ide 
>vs scsi debate. They give scsi a rave review. As the article ends it
says: 
>"Because of their even more advantageous price/preformance IDE drives 
>will remain the most popular over at least the next two or three years."
>So they give IDE two or three more years.

     No doubt PC World is a fine magazine. Even so, it is generally
understood that such publications tend to ignore the realities of the home
market.

     I checked computer ads in our local Sunday paper. Piles of IDE hard
disks and CD-ROM drives are listed. Not one (1) SCSI item of any kind is
mentioned.

>
>So scsi is taking over even the PC.

     And, supposedly, Betamax is fixing to really wop VHS? Several of the
newer PCI models have eliminated plug-in disk/CD-ROM interface boards
altogether. They include the E-IDE interface on the motherboard. Alas, for
SCSI, the proverbial 'handwriting is on the wall'. 

>I think that if a new GS were to come 
>about that the interface of either scsi or ide should be on a card so 
>that whatever interface the individual user decides to use, he/she can 
>keep up with the interface as it evolves. This way those who prefer ide
can 
>have ide those who prefer scsi can have scsi and those that prefer both
can 
>have both! ;)

     There should be no problem with having a SCSI option. However, if
GS-X includes a 2GB hard disk and x8 (or x10) CD-ROM drive, E-IDE will
have to be present. (The alternative, for SCSI, is several hundred $$$ of
added cost.)  Since E-IDE _must_ be available, it is most cost-effective
to place it on the motherboard. Users who wish to add a SCSI interface can
plug in a SCSI interface card.


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