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To: Zeuspaul who wrote (713)	5/20/1998 1:36:00 AM
From: LTBH	Respond to of 14778

The problem with many "SCSI" devices is that they are proprietary which is another way of saying they don't fully comply with (true SCSI) the SCSI spec. Therefore they MUST use that vendors card AND other real SCSI devices will NOT work with the card. Both scanners and CD ROMs are among the devices that can fall into this category. These are usually "economy" models or bundled packages like the old sound blaster and CD ROM package. Also be mindful of the various SCSI specs when purchasing your devices and the controller card. The way to determine if its real SCSI, read the spec sheet to see what standard it supports and with which model/manufacturers it will work. Guess I should have tagged this to the post to which you were responding. Oh well its late. Networm

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (713)	5/20/1998 8:05:00 AM
From: Sidney Reilly	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 14778

Zeuspaul, If I understand then, what Networm meant in this post Message 4493009 was that the SCSI card that comes with a SCSI scanner will only operate the scanner, no other devices. That makes sense that the manufacturer would cut the cost that way. The card would be SCSI for one device. Does that sound right? I looked into the cost of getting a SCSI card for several devices and getting a SCSI HD and it's much more than IDE. The cost to me is not worth whatever extra performance I would get if it is marginal. However, the performance advantage in getting a SCSI scanner is huge from what I understand. The problem of choosing the best motherboard for my computer is not easy. I don't want to spend more than $250 including the cpu, less would be better. I'm satisfied with P166-200MHz, 512Kcache, MMX, as many slots as possible (what is a PCI slot). I'd like to be able to cache over 64MB of RAM but not if it costs a lot more. Thanks, Bob