Don{ald} O. Woodall schreef:

>     I need 2 hard drives.  The follow are minimums.
>
>     1 each 9GB 3 1/2" form factor, U160, 68 pin connecter SCSI
>        1" high
>
>  
>
Be aware 9 Gigs are at least 4 years old, so, with the choice there is 
now, I would look for a 18 Gig. The Seagate 18 Gigs are still in 
fabrication, that is the 18 Gig 15k rpm. Purchased one 6 months ago at 
Ebay, and believe me, the 15k rpm makes the difference.

So, my OS2 boot is on that disk as E: and the rest of it is a download 
zone F:
So, my recommendation is to put the os2/ecs boot onto a 18 Gig 15k rpm 
disk in a more or less 1.5 Gig sized partition.

At present I have as C: an 36 Gig Quantum and as D: a 36 Gig Quantum 
too. I'm in the proces of replacing the Quantums by 72 Gig 
Seagate/Fujitsu (incidentally, Seagate and Fujitsu are the same, just a 
different label). I'm waiting a bit till 72 gig 15k rpm do their 
appearence at Ebay.
Of course, Segate/Fujitsi 10k rmp will do as well, but as I told, the 
difference between 10k rpm and 15k rpm turs out to be quite impressive.

Bottom line, if you can afford to wait a bit, wait for the 72 Gig 15K rpm.

And if you can't afford to wait that little bit, go for the 
Seagate/Fujitsu. There are lots of them at Ebay Germany at present, so 
it's likely there will be at Ebay US too.

One thing I've done in the past and won't do anymore is to purchase a 
scart (80 pins) model, as fiddling around with the 68-80 pins adapters 
always turns out to be clumsy and tricky as well.


>following 18GB IBM drive from HI TECH CAFE as an intermediate fill in
>until I can pick up another bargain.
>
>  
>
18 GB IBM drives aren't IBM drives but Hitachi and a recepee for 
disastre. As all Hitachi scsi drives are.
Haven't I already told so?


> Item #: IC35L020AVVA070   Manufacturer: IBM
>
>18GB SCSI U 3.5 X 1 68-P 4.9MS 10,000RPM IBM ULTRASTAR HARD DRIVE
>
>	$59.00
>
> Item #: DDYS-T18350   Manufacturer: IBM
>
>18GB IBM SCSI-2 (50 pin) 3.5 X 1 7MS 7200RPM ULTRASTAR HARD DRIVE 18ES
>HARD DRIVE
>
>	$99.00
>
> Item #: DNES-318350   Manufacturer: IBM
>
>     The above list is a little confusing to me.  I hope it comes together
>as:
>
>18GB SCSI U 3.5 X 1 68-P 4.9MS 10,000RPM IBM ULTRASTAR HARD DRIVE
>        $59.00
>Item #: DDYS-T18350   Manufacturer: IBM
>
>     Appreciate your recommendation.  Thanks
>
>  
>
To repeat myself again: these aren't IBM drives but Hitachi devices 
(except for the DNES one MAYBE - but it is exactly a DNES 18 Gig one 
that failed on me after 3 months already 4 years ago now).


The fact alone he is telling lies about the "manufacturer" should turn 
you away from that reseller.

Anyway, anything labelled as "4.9MS" comes directly from Hitachi (yeh, 
with an IBM sticker attached to it ).

Just forget about any hard drives having an IBM sticker. Yes, that easy 
it is!

-- 
Groeten uit Gent,

   Kris



 
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