Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 00:33:50 -0700 From: Doug Russell <drussell@internode.net> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>, smp@csn.net (Steve Passe) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ASUS T2P4 and Adaptec 2940AU Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19970120073350.0073e868@internode.net>
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At 12:49 AM 1/18/97 -0800, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: >Again, we (the consumer) are getting screwed by the manufactures, most >if not all of them have stopped 2G and smaller SCSI drive production, >and shifted the bottom of the IDE curve to 2G. The smallest _current_ >production SCSI drive I can buy is 4G. > >1G and 2G drives can still be found in the channel, but most of these >are OEM overruns and/or excess inventory liqudations (at premium >prices since the high volume folks know they are a scarce product.) Western Digital rwecently introduced 4 new SCSI drives, all 7200 RPM, 2.0 and 4.0 gig, with Ultra, and Ultra Wide versions of the two sizes. The prices are in line with other U/UW drives, at least around here (dealer prices, Canada). >Shelved due to lack of time, caused by manufactures who keep me >running around trying to make their latest cost reductions work :-(. At least you aren't the only one with the same problems. :-( Later...... <Doug>
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