Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 15:34:10 -0700 From: Scott Blachowicz <scott@statsci.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IDE or SCSI if only one drive Message-ID: <m0uoded-000QYEC@main.statsci.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 08 Aug 1996 14:33:34 -0700." <199608082133.OAA14581@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <199608082133.OAA14581@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Some of this was private email, some already on freebsd-hardware...
> try www.corpsys.com
I've looked there and am actually considering drives from there, but the
inexpensive ones there seem to be full height 5.25" drives compared to the
[what seems to be normal these days] half height 3.5" drives...takes a bit
more space and probably a bit more power to run. Actually, the closest I saw
(to the new 2Gb IDE drives I've been seeing all over) was:
Seagate 2.9GB SCSI-II Drive $339
Fast SCSI 10MB/s burst rate
5400 RPM spindle speed
10ms average access time
Brand new - one year warranty
Full Height 5 1/4" drive
it seems like all of their new drives seem to have a 90 day or one year
warranty, where a lot of the others I've seen are 3-5 year warranties.
> www.isn.com and their "Sequel DFRS 2.25GB SCSI hard drive"
I think I've seen that before (but I can't find it on that site at the moment).
Does that drive have a decent track record? They've also got some new drives
getting down close to $400 (e.g. Micropolis 4421).
> Fry's Computers (the chain in Calif)
I've been to the stores in Campbell & Sunnyvale (if I remember correctly). I
keep hoping for a store like Fry's up here in the Seattle area. Maybe I'll
have to coerce one of my Bay Area relatives into browsing their stock? Any
idea if they do mail order?
Oh well, I don't know, we'll see...maybe I should do a little more WWW
browsing? or finish going thru that Computer Shopper I just bought? or maybe
it's time for an impulse buy at CompUSA (or whatever) one of these days...:-))
Thanx,
Scott Blachowicz Ph: 206/283-8802x240 Mathsoft (Data Analysis Products Div)
1700 Westlake Ave N #500
scott@statsci.com Seattle, WA USA 98109
Scott.Blachowicz@seaslug.org
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