Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:31:43 -0800 From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> Subject: Re: SCSI to IDE On 1 Dec 2010 at 14:13, William Donzelli wrote: Oh, agreed, when it's practical. But if it's arm-and-a-leg as in the case of Alexandre, I recommend seeking alternatives. It may be *much* cheaper to build with the results being "good enough". --Chuck +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Alexandre's right. My girlfriend is from Brazil, and as it happens her son wanted a small CNC mill; he decided on a nice little kit from California, but even for a relatively small package like that the shipping and duty would have tripled the price, so we had it shipped up here to Toronto and she took it down in her luggage on her next trip down, along with a Sony laptop for her daughter also for less than half price. Around $3000 saved just on those two items. I don't know if the high duties encourage local industry, but it sure looks like they foster imagination and creativity in making do with what's available locally; hard for us to imagine up here where stuff is so cheap. m