re scsi vs ide in article iisakkil apr beta hut fi iisakkil beta hut fi mika iisakkila writes randy msc cornell edu writes do all scsi cards for dos systems require a separate device driver to be loaded into memory for each scsi device hooked up no all that i ve seen have also an on board bios which enables you to use up to hard drives directly under dos drives is a dos limitation and you have the same problem with ide and all other standards for that matter software drivers often allow for better performance though you have to use them if you want to use other devices besides hard disks or have more than disks no the always in among others requires no drivers for up to scsi hard drives dos does not have a drive maximum as i already have all is done in hardware there s no software drivers at all
