[rescue] value of U10 frame buffer card?

Sridhar Ayengar ploopster at gmail.com
Tue Oct 2 22:46:54 CDT 2007


James Hartley wrote:
> On 10/2/07, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at verizon.net> wrote:
>> On a related note, taking a U10 w/440 MHz CPU, 1 Gig of RAM, a SCSI HD and a
>> UPA framebuffer (like you have) can make a pretty nice desktop...
> 
> Does a SCSI hard drive make that much difference over an IDE drive?

Yes, definitely.  The IDE in the U5/U10 is a stinking pile of crap. 
Symbios 8951U 80Mbps SCSI controllers can be procured on the cheap 
nowadays.  It's a drastic improvement.

Peace...  Sridhar



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