ctan@aludra.usc.edu (Chee-Weei Tan) (11/13/89)
Could anyone explain the advantages or disadvantages of having the parity option for the MacIIci ? Are there potential problems by not having parity checking? From reading the news articles in this newsgroup, I've become rather worried with the 80 meg internal hard disk that is supplied with the MacIIci 4/80 configuration. Is this problem with the hard disk still prevalent with new purchases of IIci's? Any solutions if so? Is TOPS 2.1 a culprit with regards to the HD problems? Also, does anyone have a list of software that works fine on SE's but not on the IIci? Software compatibility is another of my main concern. I am considering a purchase of a IIci to act as a server in a TOPS network consisting of SE's and an NT. I'd appreciate any information to the above queries. Reply directly to ctan@aludra.usc.edu Thanks, Chee Weei.
pkr@maddog.sgi.com (Phil Ronzone) (11/14/89)
In article <6443@merlin.usc.edu> ctan@aludra.usc.edu () writes: >Could anyone explain the advantages or disadvantages of having the parity >option for the MacIIci ? Are there potential problems by not having >parity checking? The addition of parity was/is a near-pure marketing decision by Apple. Business purchasers tend to prefer machines with parity as it implies that the machine is somehow more "reliable". In real life, it merely gives you a choice between Excel bombing and a nice system dialog box telling you you've just bombed. :-) ECC is another matter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Ronzone Manager Secure UNIX pkr@sgi.COM {decwrl,sun}!sgi!pkr Silicon Graphics, Inc. "I never vote, it only encourages 'em ..." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------