From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Feb 7 17:41:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA16846 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 7 Feb 1997 17:41:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA16840; Fri, 7 Feb 1997 17:41:00 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id MAA14722; Sat, 8 Feb 1997 12:10:58 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199702080140.MAA14722@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: 2G SCSI disks? In-Reply-To: <19970207195444.FX22053@x14.mi.uni-koeln.de> from Stefan Esser at "Feb 7, 97 07:54:44 pm" To: se@freebsd.org (Stefan Esser) Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 12:10:57 +1030 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, michaelv@mindbender.serv.net, hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Stefan Esser stands accused of saying: > On Feb 5, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) wrote: > > Hell, Michael, there's a damn good reason why I specified SCSI disk > > for these units. But the $400 IBM disk I specified might as well > > never have existed; I have the option of an Atlas-II ($800) or a 2G > > 'cuda (~$1000), or I swallow my pride and happiness and go IDE. > > In some mail order price lists I found the DORS to be replaced > by a DCAS of same capacity and speed. The DCAS seems to be a > little more expensive than the DORS (some 10%), though. That's correct. Unfortunately the DCAS units _aren't_available_ here yet. > Is the 2GB Atlas II really that expensive ? > I've seen it for 1075DM (which translates into US$570 if you > substract the local VAT of 15%) and the 4GB version is 1579DM > or US$840 ... US$570/0.78 -> AUD$730 + freight + markup makes about $800. > Regards, STefan -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[