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Re: Cheap PCMCIA SCSI
On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, David Jones wrote:
> The Yes Man, http://www.yesman.com is selling New Media Bus Toasters,
> (SCSI II PCMCIA Adapters) for $57. I've just ordered one. The Bus
> Toaster will run under OS/2, Linux (and, I assume W3.11 and W95).
> Actually, there is a note on the Linux supported hardware FAQ, that
> not all Bus Toasters are supported, something about the earlier
> versions versus the more recent.
>
> You also asked about Emacs, well, for a programmer, it is almost the
> complete environment. Once you enter it, you don't have to leave:
> email, software development, word processing, etc., etc. There is
> even a web browser package!
>
> Regard,
> David Jones
>
i think you should worry about 'works' rather than 'cheap' as your
operating criterion. i had a new media bus toaster and never could
get it to work with a Jaz drive, had problems with an attached cd-rom
drive, under win95. if you can try one first you'd be better of imho.
regards, al
Alden S Klovdahl / alden.klovdahl@anu.edu.au / fax: +61 2 62 49 05 25
Sociology Arts / Australian National University / Canberra ACT Australia 0200