Re: max IEC bus length and loading?

From: Vanessa Ezekowitz <vanessaezekowitz_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:22:10 -0500
Message-ID: <20101031152210.3af9b14b@gmail.com>
On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:47:16 +0100
Groepaz <groepaz@gmx.net> wrote:

> haha, i dont know but.... you and the other 2 people .....
> 
> personally i dont know anyone who - today - uses more than two drives (most 
> infact are moving away from even that to 1541u or similar). and especially
> for a device like this, i think 4 would be more than enough. most probably
> wont even use more than one =P

For arguments like this, I think of basic UNIX philosophy:  either allow exactly one and only one parameter or instance of something, or allow as many parameters/instances as the user and the system's resources can handle 

Since allowing only one drive doesn't make any logical sense in and of itself, and doing so could get in some peoples' way, it makes sense to choose the latter of the two options.  Then it just becomes a matter of letting the user know what those resource limits are (i.e. max number of drives).

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