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Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 03:40:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: -Vince- <vince@penzance.econ.yale.edu>
To: Michael Beckmann <beckmann@powermac.stud.th-darmstadt.de>
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Subject: Re: Upgrade to my machine
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On Wed, 30 Aug 1995, Michael Beckmann wrote:

> At 15:56 Uhr 18.8.1995, -Vince- wrote:
> 
> >        Hmmm okay but what drives can touch the barracuda's in terms of
> >speed?
> 
> The IBM DFHS line of drives, absolutely.  7 ms access, 7200 rpm, MTBF
> 1.000.000 h. Available as both Fast - and Wide SCSI-II drives.
> 
> I would always prefer these drives and not buy a Barracuda, since I have
> made very good experiences with IBM drives in both reliability and speed.

	Are these DeskStar or FireStar lines of drives?


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