From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Sun Aug 29 1999 - 02:57:49 EDT
Allan..
Allan Ballard wrote:
> My replacement Dock II seems to work just fine. What
> a happy camper 'is me.'
>
> This is my first experience with a Dock, and, like wow,
> it is a beautiful concept.
>
> If only I could budget a fancy stand-alone LCD monitor
> for the Dock!
>
hang in there.. these are getting cheaper and cheaper..
>
> A question: I don't know much about SCSI drives, but have
> heard and read that they are significantly faster than IDE
> drives.
>
depends upon the type of SCSI it supports..
i THINK this dock supports only the older 8 or 16bit scsi..
it would be better and cheaper to get a fast EIDE drive..
one that spins at 7200 RPM or the IBM one that is 10,000 RPM..
>
> As my unit is an older p120 760CD (64 MB RAM), would use
> of a scsi drive in the Dock improve performance to any
> noticable degree? (At least enough to justify the additional
> expense?)
>
depends upon how much you want to throw at a P-120 machine, in a P-III
550 world..
>
> Thanks!
>
> Allan Ballard
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