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To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
From: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis)
Subject: Re: mitsumi CD-ROM
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>> >Buy a Computer Shopper, look up "Dirt Cheap Drives".
>> >
>> >Compare SCSI vs. IDE.
>> >
>> >You are apparently buying from the wrong middleman...
>> 
>> How about some numbers and model numbers, for example.
>> Surely you arent comparing drives of premium manufacturers
>> to off-brands?
>
>>From last year -- 10 months ago -- which I happen to have handy:
>size	access	RPM	buffer	brand	model	type	price
>------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
>530MB	13ms	4500	256k	Fujitsu	M2684T	IDE	$169
>530MB	13ms	4500	256k	Fujitsu	M2684S	SCSI	$180

[...]

oh...i said 2gig subsystems....you've conveniently left that one out?

of course, they're really the same drive...so they SHOULD be 
the same price.

Dennis