From: macole@wam.umd.edu (Mario A. Cole)
Subject: Re: LOTS OF ADVICE SOUGHT
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 04:47:02 GMT

In article <1992Aug23.091745.5468@spdc.ti.com> hurley@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Brian Hurley) writes:
>In article <BtF75p.n15@chinet.chi.il.us> prb@chinet.chi.il.us (Paul Botts) writes:
>>
>>Inspired in large part by my wife's needs as a free-lance graphic
>>designer, we are about to buy a new home computer (I am slightly stunned
>>to discover that our 386-25 with 80meg hard drive is getting strained,
>>but at least the hardware prices keep dropping, sigh). Anyway, there are
>>a couple of key decision points that I'd like to throw out on the floor
>>for comment and discussion, and maybe get a good flame war or two
>>going...-;)
>>
>>1) Since my wife needs to deal with spot and process color, and start
>>moving into scanned photos, our present 256-color SVGA card and monitor
>>just doesn't cut it. Speed is an issue here, too (the current card drags
>>in the more intensive WIndows apps like Corel Draw). I have researched this
>
>I think that your selection here is just fine.   I do remember that the first
>4FG's did have problems, but I think they have that corrected.
>
>
>
>>
>>2) Regarding a scanner: what should we look for in a scanner? Say, for
>>black-and-white, as opposed to color? Are these cheap hand-held scanners
>>claiming to do 256 shades of gray worth a damn, perhaps at least for
>>line art and drawings? What kind of dpi rating is considered the minimum
>>to be useful for light professional use?
>
>For REAL good scanning (if you can afford it) get a flatbed scanner.
>
HP ScanJet IIc --- excellent if you want 24-bit color.  The one on my desk at
work is truly awesome...it tends to be a bit too sensitive to detail, though.
Other than that...I highly recommend it..
>
>>
>>3) Other than daisy-chaining peripherals, is there a reason to get a
>>SCSI hard drive instead of IDE? I though there was a speed boost, but
>>the salesmen say it ain't so, say a good IDE drive will be just as fast
>>as a SCSI one, and save the $200 cost of the SCSI controller.
>
>IDE is just fine.  The Maxor 7213 which is a 213M 15ms HD is selling for the
>450-500 range (Sept, Computer Shopper).  This is one of the first times that
>I'll agree with a salesman, It's not worth the money to goto SCSI.  Unless you
>need GIGS of storage.  One thing that I most always recommend to people that
>do DTP is get a removeable storage device.  Iomega, Syquest, or even
>flopical. That gives you the ability to store 20-90 Megs on one disk and store
>it away.  
>
I love IDE because of it's plug-n-play.  But if you want removeable storage,
most of these types are SCSI...I know that Syquest is releasing its new 105MB
revomable HD (14 ms) with an IDE interface next month.  It'll run about $400
and about $100 per cartridge.  I think that IDE is the best way to go.  >
>
Mario

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