Re: [NTLK] 'Adaptec Slim SCSI' driver

From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com)
Date: Fri Mar 22 2002 - 09:48:36 EST


On 22/03/02 05:04, "Philip Lord" <nama_chari_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

> Now this would be cool.
>
> Imagine having your newton attached to your 80gig HD
> (or any SCSI device for that matter) via Adaptecs Slim
> SCSI PCMCIA card.
>
> This one would rock.

Except that it would never work, as your 80 GB (or any size for that matter)
would be way too slow to be useful for the Newton.

-Laurent.

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sugar; the term is also a play on `candygram'. COBOL, Apple's Hypertalk
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as possible, on the theory that they will then be easier for unskilled
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required to specify an algorithm precisely that costs. Thus the invariable
result is that `candygrammar' languages are just as difficult to program in
as terser ones, and far more painful for the experienced hacker.

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