Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 17:35:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Tony Kimball <alk@think.com> Cc: terry@lambert.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multiple swaps slow down system? Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.960827173332.5060D-100000@protocol.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <199608272042.PAA17883@compound.Think.COM>
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On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, Tony Kimball wrote:
> Quoth Terry Lambert on Tue, 27 August:
> : I always wonder if this is just dealers milking the market, or what.
>
> Economy of scale; also, SCSI is a premium market.
>
> : The latest "Processor" magazine shows no price difference in drives
> : over 250M or so.
>
> Do the prices go high or low?
>
> Typical in PC Today:
>
> IDE 2.1G Fireball $299 LIBI
> SCSI 2.1G Fireball $399 LIBI
SCSI 2.1G (Quantum/DEC) $299. I just got 2. Hi Tech in LA. SCSI
isn't more expensive!
> IDE 2.1G Seagate/32140A $259 Comp-U-Plus
> SCSI 2.1G Seagate/32151N $575 House of Computers
>
>
>
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