Rod, at 08:56 on Feb 01 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

RS> Bill is overstating the cost a bit, but a decent high performance
RS> say Adaptec will cost a surprising amount of hard drive GBs.

BG> Priced a 2940 SCSI card lately?  You can get an EIDE 1.6Gb drive for that!

RS> Priced a decent 2GB EIDE lately ?

BG> Nope.

RS> Thought not |-)

Well, there ain't too many of them about to price, are there?  :)

BG> Why, are they disproportionately more expensive than a
BG> 1.6Gb (for which the dealer cost currently is around $345) ?

RS> Yeah, and a few tiny problems with the
RS> 2GBs being pretty thin on the ground too.

Dunno why, as I'd expect a 2Gb drive with 3 platters (WD for example) to
function just as well as a 1.2Gb or 1.6Gb HD with 2 platters.  By this, I
mean that they can't be all that much more difficult to manufacture, can
they?

BG> Some high-end SCSI controllers cost in the order
BG> of $700-$800, which is positively outrageous.

RS> True.

On both counts, presumably?  :)

Regards, Bill

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