Hard drive choice

[Tony Alfrey]

Ric Moore wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 19:56 -0800, Tony Alfrey wrote:
>> 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.
> 

<snip>
>  You know you cut a Brother, Tony. You could have told me that
> you set it free to roam and whirr it's tape drives in the sunset, where
> it would always be warm and dry, but never too hot. But, oh noooo...
> right into the glug glug deep six. One of our young rams is learning to
> head-butt real good. I'll introduce him to ya. <evil grins> Ric
> 

Your problem is you just chose the wrong antiques to play with.  Now, 
for example, if you had picked vacuum tube guitar amps, you'd still have 
plenty of work to do.  Maybe we can pull one of the servo motors off 
that old thing and hook it up to a blender for making margaritas?


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Tony Alfrey
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"I'd Rather Be Sailing"