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Date:      Sat, 8 Feb 1997 00:01:40 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu>
To:        dkelly@hiwaay.net
Cc:        hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2G SCSI disks? 
Message-ID:  <Pine.OSF.3.95q.970207235940.4355A-100000@maryann.eng.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199702080422.WAA22017@nexgen.ampr.org>

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On Fri, 7 Feb 1997 dkelly@hiwaay.net wrote:

> Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> writes:
> > 
> > I don't know if it's of any interest or not, but Hi Tech Components of Los
> > Angeles has been selling the DEC DPS3210D 2.1 GB FAST SCSI-2 disks for 299
> > bucks.  They seem ok, I have 4 myself.  These are Quantum things (made for
> > DEC, but Quantum is now owned by Seagate).
>        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> I don't think Quantum is owned by Seagate. Conner bought Archive, Seagate 
> bought Conner. Quantum bought Maynard and got DEC's disc and tape 
> technology, most notably the DLT tape.

Yeah, I guess I was wrong on that.  The drive is a DEC (Quantum) drive,
tho, and the specs are easily available from an altavista search for DEC
DSP3210.  The deal seems so good, I don't understand too well why I don't
hear more about them ... I'm pleased, anyhow.

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