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Date:      Wed, 17 Jul 1996 21:35:49 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu>
To:        Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
Cc:        "M.R.Murphy" <mrm@Mole.ORG>, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: mitsumi CD-ROM
Message-ID:  <Pine.OSF.3.91.960717213511.25652E-100000@uplink.eng.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199607172329.TAA24670@etinc.com>

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On Wed, 17 Jul 1996, Dennis wrote:

> >> >From last year -- 10 months ago -- which I happen to have handy:
> >> size	access	RPM	buffer	brand	model	type	price
> >> ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
> >[...]
> >>
> >> 1083MB	11ms	4090	256K	NEC	D3727	IDE	$235
> >> 1083MB	11ms	4090	256K	NEC	D3827	SCSI	$295
> >
> >>From this week, in the lower left corner of the US,
> >
> >  1.2G          fast enough :-)         Conner          IDE     $183
> >  1.27G         fast enough :-)         Maxtor          IDE     $182
> >  1.08GT        fast enough :-)         Seagate         SCSI    $250
> >  1.08GT        fast enough :-)         Quantum         SCSI    $255
> >
> >VLB IDE I/O 4HD, 2FD                                            $22
> >Adaptec 2842 VL (kit)                                           $239
> 
> Well, I hate to defend Terry when he's so off-base, but you hardly need the kit
> for FreeBSD, and it does add $25. or so.
> 
> I still like the:
> 
> PCI on-board IDE (almost all Pentium MBs)  $0.

New NCR 825, about $115.

> Adaptec PCI SCSI (2940) $179.
> 
> 
> There aren't enough on-board SCSIs to chose from to consider it, and you're also
> stuck with whatever they decided to put on-board.....which may not be as good
> or well-supported at the standard card.
> 
> The point is, if you have 50 machines that don't care much about disk speed,
> there certainly is a difference in cost.
> 
> Dennis
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