Xref: utzoo comp.periphs.scsi:415 comp.sys.ibm.pc:50221 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!agate!darkstar!ucscb.UCSC.EDU!ericz From: ericz@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Eric Zamost) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.ibm.pc,ba.market.computers Subject: Miniscribe 9380S - info? Message-ID: <3150@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Date: 7 May 90 16:51:49 GMT Sender: usenet@darkstar.ucsc.edu Reply-To: ericz@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Eric Zamost) Followup-To: comp.periphs.scsi Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz; CATS Lines: 34 My 85 Meg SCSI drive recently crashed, and I am looking for a replacement drive for my IBM-AT compatible. I would like: > 80 Meg, < 28 ms, durable (I want the damn thing to last this time), and only secondarily: inexpensive, quiet and small (relative terms, obviously). The drive which looks best thus far is a Miniscribe 9380S, 330Meg, 16ms, SCSI, full height, new, for $850, from Hi-Tech, Inc. (The story is that Miniscribe was purchased by Maxtor, and Maxtor is getting rid of the old stock. The drive would be warranteed by Maxtor for a year.) Does anyone have any comments about this drive or any experience with Hi-Tech, Inc.? The price seems quite good, is there anything obvious I might be missing? Are there other people who might like to buy one of these, maybe getting us a quantity discount? Also, if anyone has a drive they wish to sell which might work for me, a SCSI controller worthy of this drive, or a case and power supply for a full height drive (I might make it external), please contact me. Please respond by e-mail if possible, as until I replace my drive I will not be reading netnews nearly so often as usual. --------------------------------------------------------------------- | ericz@ucscb.ucsc.edu - Eric Zamost - (408) 426-9530 | | 35 Leonardo Lane, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 | | Disclaimer!? I don't EXPRESS opinions, I state FACTS. :-) :-) | ---------------------------------------------------------------------