From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Aug 16 14:17:28 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA18678 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 16 Aug 1996 14:17:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from GndRsh.aac.dev.com (GndRsh.aac.dev.com [198.145.92.241]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA18670 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 1996 14:17:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by GndRsh.aac.dev.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id OAA01528; Fri, 16 Aug 1996 14:15:16 -0700 From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199608162115.OAA01528@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: SCSI Drive recommendation To: searle@longacre.demon.co.uk (Michael Searle) Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 14:15:16 -0700 (PDT) Cc: hardware@freefall.freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from Michael Searle at "Aug 16, 96 08:40:04 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL11 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Sean Kelly wrote: > > >>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Passe writes: > > >>> http://www.internet.net/cgi-bin/getNode?node=110404&product_id=36756 > > > Steve> Do they really mean this? > > > They really do. We got one of those a few months ago (it was $299 then) > > at it works just fine. It's a bit loud, but tolerable. It doesn't even > > run that hot, but I do have an extra cooling fan on it just in case. > > > Supposedly, the trouble with the DFRS drive is every 72 hours it shuts > > down for a few seconds and then restarts. Now, I've never witnessed > > this while FreeBSD was running, but it does happen when I boot into DOS > > ever so often. > > > Anyway, I'm happy with it, and even happier with the price. > > I'm interested in this drive as well (It's half the price of other drives > the same size, and faster than any other drive I've seen at 7.5ms average.) > But ISN have stopped supplying it, and anyway they don't ship out of the > USA. Buying ``basement bargins'' in the US and having them exported is not a great idea, shipping this 4 or 5 lbs to the UK would be about $75.00 in shipping fees, then you get to add your VAT and other taxes, your quickly looking at $500.00, which you could have spent at a local shop for a nice new drive... The counter part to AAC in the UK is: http://www.gnd.com You might give them a looking over... > Does anyone know of another source for these drives? I've run the usual web > searches, checked pricewatch and several similar indices, and found nothing. > I would also like to know exactly what interface(s) it has - the info sheet > says 'SCSI2', and gives the drive's actual peak transfer rate as 12MB/s but > the actual transfer rate as 10MB/s, so it must use a 10MB/s interface which > AFAIK could be either SCSI2-Fast or SCSI2-Wide. I would like to be able to > use it with my NCR SCSI2-Fast controller. > > -- > Michael Searle - searle@longacre.demon.co.uk > -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD