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Date:      Mon, 04 Nov 1996 22:03:49 -0800
From:      "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net>
To:        Mark Mayo <mark@quickweb.com>
Cc:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, jmb@freefall.freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /usr/obj size 
Message-ID:  <199611050603.WAA11992@MindBender.serv.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 04 Nov 96 18:42:20 -0500. <Pine.BSF.3.94.961104183200.25486A-100000@vinyl.quickweb.com> 

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>On the topic of hard-disks, I obviously need a new one, so what do you all
>recomend for a FAST-SCSI-2 drive. I just have an NCR c810 controller, so I
>don't need the Ultra-Wide stuff. My local store is telling me that a 2GB
>Quantum Atlas is about $900 CDN!!! And his price on a Seagate Hawk 2.1GB
>is $700. Seems high to me, and I remember Terry and others debating the
>equal cost of IDE and SCSI a while ago.. The exchange rate is about 0.76
>right now, so my local guy wants about $500 US for the Hawk. Like I said,
>seems high..

The IBM drives are very reasonable right now.  Check out
http://www.basoncomputer.com/

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