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From: werner@molokai.sw.mcc.com (Werner Uhrig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: CDC Wren IV drives for sale
Summary: oops, I have to correct myself on an important fact.
Message-ID: <2487@molokai.sw.mcc.com>
Date: 16 Jun 89 21:00:16 GMT
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In <2484@molokai.sw.mcc.com>, werner@molokai.sw.mcc.com (Werner Uhrig) I wrote:


> I assume you mean *EACH* ?!  I believe such drives were recently
> purchased by a group of folks at BMUG for $750 each;

	I have to correct myself.  The $750 drives were only half the
	size (i.e. ~150 Meg) - though that was 2 months ago and in the
	meantime, CDC has sold their disk-manufacturing division to
	Seagate, I hear, so the prices for "leftovers" may have gotten
	even cheaper (maybe).

	Anyway, $2200 for the 300+meg drive is not quite as bad as I made
	you believe.... still, I'd expect you might be able to do better.

	CDC drives are, however, considered by many to be top quality.

	the volume in comp.sys.mac is getting to me;  won't someone take
	the initiative and propose spinning off some more sub-groups
	that one can unsubscribe from (and stay semi-sane) ?!  I don't
	think USEnet should became a FOR-SALE and WANTED bulletin-board
	and bazaar, but I'd vote for comp.sys.mac.for-sale and ~.wanted
	just to be able to "discriminate".  but those 2 groups would not
	really be enough to solve the volume problem.  It would be preferable,
	actually, if one could think of sub-group names that one would want
	to subscribe to, and unsubscribe comp.sys.mac ...

	someone with energy (and a thick skin) out there to carry the flag?
	I'm not sure if the summer is a good or bad time to do that (I can
	see arguments for both positions)

	What I'd really wish for is a moderated for-sale/wanted group
	where the moderator would filter/discourage articles with
	a) incomplete description  b) unreasonable prices or sales
	conditions  c) items deserving only local/regional distribution.

	what a bag of worms, though ...

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