[MacDV] Re: Should I buy a SCSI drive?

[Robert White]

Just as a matter of intrest, one of the advantages of SCSI, was that it didn't lock the
bus, when a request for i/o was made, therefore several devices could share and make
requests of the scsi bus simultaneously.

What is the behaviour of firewire in this situation, if you have several devices connected
to one port.

Thanks

Rob

Shirley Kehr wrote:

> I'd see giving up a PCI slot and drive position for only 73 GB as kind
> of a waste. For the same amount of money, you can get 120 to 200 GB
> drives and not tie up a slot with a SCSI card.
>
> Shirley
>
> Tuckerman Moss wrote:
> >
> > I'm new to dv but quickly realize I need more storage in my 60 GB
> > 933MHz Quicksilver.  I have a Miles PCI-Ultra2 SCSI host adapter card
> > lying around from a previous machine.  I also notice that the IBM
> > UltraStar 73GB 73LZX drive is pretty cheap at OWC ($250)!  My questions:
> >
> > 1) Does it make sense to install a SCSI in this machine - as opposed to
> > an ATA or Firewire drive for example?  Problems?  Speed?
> > 2) Anyone have comments on this particular drive?  Noise?
> > 3) OWC describes the drive as "80 to 68 adapted".  The Miles card takes
> > 68-pins internal.  Is this "adapted" an okay thing?
> >
> > I do not plan on booting from this drive, if that makes any difference.
> >
> > Thanks,  Tuck
> >
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