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I know this is off topic, but can someone explain in layman terms what a scuzzy hard drive is?

By Drusba (Drusba) on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 02:07 pm: Edit

"Scuzzy" is the pronunciation of SCSI, Small Computer System Interface. Scuzzy hard drive is simply a reference to your computer (and its hard drive that is inside) having SCSI hook-ups to certain things you attach to it -- many monitors attach by scuzzy ports (when you look back there where things are hooked up and see a hook-up part to the cable that appears to be quite large in comparison to others, that's a scuzzy). Many things hook up today through USB and ethernet ports which are much smaller, but in old days, scuzzies were the norm.

By Andrew123s (Andrew123s) on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 11:48 pm: Edit

I don't think monitors attach by scuzzy ports, since its mainly for hard drives/storage.

By Apguy (Apguy) on Friday, July 04, 2003 - 12:51 am: Edit

I have actually heard people pronounce "SCSI" as "sexy."

By Brd (Brd) on Friday, July 04, 2003 - 01:45 am: Edit

SCSI is a protocol for storage devices; I'd bet money that there has never been a monitor that used SCSI connections. VGA monitors use 9 pin DIN connectors and newer monitors (especially flat panels) use digital DVI connectors. A few monitors (old SUN monitors come to mind) used 4 or 5 BNC cables. SCSI is also still the norm for extremely high-performance storage applications. The fastest SCSI drives run at 15K RPM and transfer at 320 Mbits/sec, which is substantially faster than the best ATA drives (even the new S-ATA ones).