Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 16:08:38 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: darrylo@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata) Cc: gtc@aloft.att.com, BRETT_GLASS@ccgate.infoworld.com, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Micropolis, again Message-ID: <199607252308.QAA24289@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199607252207.AA005032424@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> from Darryl Okahata at "Jul 25, 96 03:07:04 pm"
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> > >Oops.... You're right. It's Conner. But the wave of consolidations is > > >depressing. Fewer choices, and fewer opportunities to pay a little more for > > >a better product. (Apparently, computer OEMs don't care about quality -- > > >just price.) > > > > Overall, true. But some of you may be interested to know: > > Quantum makes at least two 4G 3.5" drives. The XP34301 and the > > XP34300 (Atlas). > > The Atlas was, originally, a DEC design, and I believe that the > 34301 (the Grand Prix) is a Quantum design. That is more or less correct. The Atlas series drives are manufactured in one of the DEC plants that Quantum aquired when it bought the DEC hard drive division. I am unclear on who really designed the drives. > Of these two, the Atlas is the preferred drive. ;-) Most defanitly. > The Atlas II is about to hit the market, and so it's unknown if the > Atlas II is as good as the Atlas. Only time is going to let us know that... > > > BTW, I chose this drive after previously buying a Micropolis MC3243 > > which died (stopped spinning) 6 weeks after buying it. The replacement > > Does anyone know if the Micropolis 4221 is a reliable drive? I have not seen any problems in the field with them, do note however that the 4221 has been end of lifed and replaced with the 4421. Also as of the end of June Quantum officially end of lifed the 2G Atlas (XP32150AL-S), though units are still in the channel. It is unclear if the XP34300 has also been end of lifed :-(. Seems Quantum does EOL before the channel gets a chance to get any of the new models, double :-(. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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