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From: unkydave@shumv1.uucp (David Bank)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Hard Disk?
Keywords: wires cards chassis HEADACHES
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Date: 22 Oct 89 07:42:26 GMT
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   To lihan@walt.cc.texas.edu:

     CMI is most probably "Computer Memories Incorporated" of Chatsworth
California. The are best known (in infamy) as the makers of the ORIGINAL
20 MB hard drive for the PC/AT.....the one that was guaranteed to
crash within 6 months of use. Yeah, that one.

     Anyway, they still exist (assuming they didn't get nailed in
that earthquake) but, wonders of wonders, they don't make hard drives
any more. Gee....imagine that.

     Their tech support is now handled by a company called PRC. Don't
have the number handy, but they are out in CA as well. If you call 
CMI, they'll be all too happy to give you PRC's number. I think that
they'd like to forget they ever made hard drives!  :-)

     Can you use the hard drive in a PC??? That depends. If it is
a standard ST412/506 interface drive (probably is) then I'd say
"yes" without reservation. I have an OLD (1983) CMI 10 MB that I
used to run a BBS on. Hardiest darn drive I ever saw. Slow as
heck, but a tough bugger. Ran fine for 2 years off of a Western
Digital WX2A controller. Still in use, in fact, but not nearly
as much.

     Anyway, that's the pointer in the right direction. Hope
it helps out.

Unky Dave
unkydave@shumv1.ncsu.edu
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