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Egghead sells PCMCIA SCSI adapters for $99. -----Original Message----- From: Alden S Klovdahl <Alden.Klovdahl@anu.edu.au> To: David Jones <jones@alice-compusystems.com> Cc: pkhoury@loop.com <pkhoury@loop.com>; thinkpad@cs.utk.edu <thinkpad@cs.utk.edu> Date: Tuesday, September 30, 1997 12:09 AM Subject: 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