Hard drive choice

[Tony Alfrey]

Ric Moore wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 16:57 -0800, Tony Alfrey wrote:
>> Ric Moore wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 16:04 -0800, Tony Alfrey wrote:
>>>> Net Llama! wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:
>>>>>> Net Llama! wrote:
>>>>>>> On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:
>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>>>> But I have lots of PCI slots on this MB so
>>>>>>>> can I get more controllers for more drives?  Don't laugh if it's a
>>>>>>>> stupid question; how am I supposed to know, eh?
>>>>>>> Yes, you could purchase additional PCI SATA controllers to attach more
>>>>>>> drives.  I'm puzzled as to why your mobo only has two SATA connectors.
>>>>>>> Every board I've seen in the past few years usually has 4 or more.  I've
>>>>>>> even seen a few with 16(!).
>>>>>> It doesn't have SATA connectors, it has IDE connectors.
>>>>>> But that's good news about the multiple SATA thing.
>>>>>> Oh, boy, oh, boy, I'm going to Fry's, I'm going to Fry's.
>>>>> You bought a new motherboard
>>>> not really
>>>>
>>>>> that has no SCSI or SATA controllers?  I hope 
>>>>> this board was really really really cheap.
>>>> yes, it was really, really, really, really cheap.
>>> ... and the sun was over the yardarm. YoHo, Ric
>>>
>> You're just jealous 'cause you didn't score a free muthaboard.
> 
> Yes, I did as a matter of fact! :P I'm royally pissed that I don't have
> my Unisys 5000/90 to play with anymore. Damn thing was too huge to move,
> it had three 800 lb cabinets that contained two harddrives and streaming
> tape drives. Blinky lights. <sigh> Big Iron. <sobs> Ric
> 

That's 'cause I stole it, dumped it in the ocean, and used it as reef 
for attracting fish.


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