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    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

    ....

	 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.)

    ....

	 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.

    From: dougp@ico.isc.com (Doug Pintar)
    Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.i386
    Subject: Re: Adaptec 154xB SCSI host adapter (was: Re: WD SCSI Controller)
    Message-ID: <1990May7.211407.6954@ico.isc.com>
    Date: 7 May 90 21:14:07 GMT

    In article <1990May6.135921.13129@cti-software.nl> pim@cti-software.nl (Pim Zandbergen) writes:
    >New Adaptec 154xB ? Could anybody shed some light over this?
    >What is different from the A model? How compatible is it?

    I have one, and it's very similar from a programming standpoint, so the
    existing 386/ix HPDD driver works just fine.  It has some additional
    programmability as to speeds when doing its first-party DMA, and you can
    get more information (like who's negotiated synchronous transfers) from
    it.  The board is half-long, and may be a bit faster.  It also supports
    both target and initiator modes, so you could use SCSI to connect two
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    systems (386/ix, however, does not support this).  It's a nice board;
    I have no idea as to how available it is, however.  I got mine from Adaptec
    to make sure the new firmware/bios/hardware all worked with 386/ix.

    Doug Pintar


    From: ericz@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Eric Zamost)
    Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.ibm.pc
    Subject: Need advice on a 300 Meg.
    Message-ID: <3159@darkstar.ucsc.edu>
    Date: 7 May 90 20:25:40 GMT

	 I just asked about the Miniscribe 9380S for $850.  Now I am
    also considering a CDC-Imprimis 94171-307 (320M, 16.5ms, SCSI, FH)
    for $900.  I think that the CDC is probably the better drive.
========^^^^
    Both come with 1 year warranties.  The CDC supposedly has an MTBF
    of 100,000 hours, and the Miniscribe has 50,000 (are these numbers
    meaningful?)

    Any comments?