Keith, at 20:16 on May 21 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> CWS are selling the 1.7Gb mode 4 IBM drive for just $345 inc tax, but
BG> I've no idea who actually makes them.  Randall has one, and he reckons
BG> that it's the fastest HD he's ever owned, bar none.

BG> Mmmm, this WD 850 is starting to get a bit crowded lately too...  :)

KR> time to slip down to the seagate dealer, they have a 5.25" drive out,

What a shame, my 5«" bay is full of drives and a CD-ROM.  Pity.  :)

KR> in evaluation quantities, weighing in at 27gigs, or for something smaller 
KR> and faster theres the 9gig barra (3.5"), available in fast 20
wide or dual 
KR> ported fibre channel.

Given the cost of these, not to mention their SCSI controllers, I think
I'll wait a bit longer for the 5Gb Mode 4 EIDE drives instead... 

KR> better get lynn on the overtime (:

Nar, she's already becoming annoyed with cleaning Mitre-10's dunnies all
day, so I doubt she'd take too kindly to OT at all.  :)

Regards, Bill

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