From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Aug 17 10:14:09 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA04766 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 17 Aug 1996 10:14:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay-2.mail.demon.net (disperse.demon.co.uk [158.152.1.77]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA04761 for ; Sat, 17 Aug 1996 10:14:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from post.demon.co.uk ([158.152.1.72]) by relay-2.mail.demon.net id ap25589; 17 Aug 96 18:13 +0100 Received: from longacre.demon.co.uk ([158.152.156.24]) by relay-3.mail.demon.net id aa17938; 17 Aug 96 16:29 +0100 From: Michael Searle Message-ID: To: hardware@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCSI Drive recommendation References: <199608162115.OAA01528@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 16:24:30 BST X-Mailer: Offlite 0.09 / Termite Internet for Acorn RISC OS Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk "Rodney W. Grimes" wrote: >> Sean Kelly wrote: >>>>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Passe writes: >>>>> http://www.internet.net/cgi-bin/getNode?node=110404&product_id=36756 >>> Steve> Do they really mean this? They really do. We got one of those >>> a few months ago (it was $299 then) at it works just fine. It's a bit >>> loud, but tolerable. It doesn't even run that hot, but I do have an >>> extra cooling fan on it just in case. Supposedly, the trouble with the >>> DFRS drive is every 72 hours it shuts down for a few seconds and then >>> restarts. Now, I've never witnessed this while FreeBSD was running, >>> but it does happen when I boot into DOS ever so often. Anyway, I'm >>> happy with it, and even happier with the price. >> I'm interested in this drive as well (It's half the price of other >> drives the same size, and faster than any other drive I've seen at >> 7.5ms average.) But ISN have stopped supplying it, and anyway they >> don't ship out of the USA. > Buying ``basement bargins'' in the US and having them exported is not a > great idea, shipping this 4 or 5 lbs to the UK would be about $75.00 in > shipping fees, then you get to add your VAT and other taxes, your > quickly looking at $500.00, which you could have spent at a local shop > for a nice new drive... > The counter part to AAC in the UK is: http://www.gnd.com > You might give them a looking over... I had a look, for drives (IDE and SCSI) they are more expensive than standard mail order prices in PC magazines. Does anyone know of any way of finding a UK supplier of Sequel 2.25's? Something like pricewatch, etc., but they mostly list US suppliers. I didn't know it was that expensive exporting drives. Thanks, Michael. -- Michael Searle - searle@longacre.demon.co.uk