From: richard@travis.csd.harris.com (Richard D. Piasecki) Subject: VESA SCSI versus VESA IDE Date: 8 Feb 1993 23:28:30 GMT
Hello everyone.
This is a personal opinion question for all those Linux gurus out there.
I'm planning on purchasing a 486 system which will be used primarily to
run Linux, DOS and windows. The setup I'm thinking about looks something
like this:
486 DX/33 w/ VESA local bus
8 Meg RAM
VESA SVGA ET4000 based graphics card
200+ MB HD
VESA IDE controller
and, of course, the other stuff one needs.
I'm thinking sometime in the future of getting a SCSI controller on which
to put a CD ROM, and, since all the mother boards I've seen with VESA only
have two VESA slots, I'm torn between whether I should get the VESA IDE
controller and an ISA SCSI or an ISA IDE controller and a VESA SCSI (if,
indeed, such a creature exists). So, which one do all of you think will
provide the better performance?? Is it more important to have the IDE
devices on the local bus or the SCSI devices??
While I'm at it, I should probably also ask about the viability of the system
description I have listed above. What do you think of it? Is it adequate?
Would any of you suggest a different video board based on a different chip??
Thank you for any and all responses.
--- Rich
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