[mythtv-users] Cheap SCSI scanners - was:The Bigger... Disk contest, Fall 2007 edition

[David Brodbeck]

On Oct 20, 2007, at 12:38 PM, Calvin Dodge wrote:
> IDE was (and still is) far less expensive, as well as requiring less
> power for the interface.

And it was easier for end users to configure.  SCSI termination could  
be downright bewildering at times, and problems were neigh-impossible  
to troubleshoot and sometimes destructive.  (Early SCSI controllers  
often had soldered-in fuses that would blow if you accidentally  
double-terminated the bus.)  IDE drives have only a couple of  
jumpers, so odds are you'll eventually get it working even if you  
have to resort to trial-and-error.  SATA is plug-and-play.