Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 16:24:30 BST From: Michael Searle <searle@longacre.demon.co.uk> To: hardware@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCSI Drive recommendation Message-ID: <mFF268BFC@longacre.demon.co.uk> References: <199608162115.OAA01528@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
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"Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> wrote: >> Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov> wrote: >>>>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> 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
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