From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 8 15:34:18 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA20929 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 8 Aug 1996 15:34:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nwnexus.wa.com (nwnexus.wa.com [192.135.191.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA20900 for ; Thu, 8 Aug 1996 15:34:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from main.statsci.com (ns1.statsci.com) by nwnexus.wa.com with SMTP id AA17092 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Thu, 8 Aug 1996 15:34:13 -0700 Received: from statsci.com [206.63.206.184] with smtp by main.statsci.com with smtp (/\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.3 #3) id m0uoded-000QYEC; Thu, 8 Aug 96 15:34 PDT Message-Id: X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.7 5/3/96 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IDE or SCSI if only one drive References: <199608082133.OAA14581@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 08 Aug 1996 14:33:34 -0700." <199608082133.OAA14581@freefall.freebsd.org> Reply-To: scott@statsci.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 15:34:10 -0700 From: Scott Blachowicz Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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