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From: bmwu@athena.mit.edu (Benson M. Wu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re:  New 320Meg SCSIs < $1000
Keywords: HD < $1000
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Date: 24 Jul 90 01:29:41 GMT
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	Several days ago Duel@cup.portal.com (Omid M Farr) posted 
a message stating that he was able to 

>>	pick a CDC/Seagate  209 meg  HD for $549.  I got it from NCA
>> Peripherals, (408-970-0286, 800-321-4003(CA only)) ... They also have
>> a 380meg HD  116 ms for $799....

	Well, I called up the company (National Computer Arts) today.
They are out of the 380 Meg HD's and new ones  won't arrive for another 2 
weeks.  Although they don't have a toll free number for out of staters,
the telephone receptionist was  very courteous, took my name down, and
promised to call me when the HD arrives.  

	I am interested only in external HD's.  Here are the brands and
	prices:

	Manufacturer	Size	Access Time	Price
	
	Micropolis	300Meg	18 ms		$1099
	Miniscribe	300Meg	16 ms		$999

I have no experience with either of these drives or the manufacturers.
I would  appreciate any opinion  from people who either have these drives
or have experiences with these companies ( good or bad).

	I don't regularly read comp.periphs.scsi so please e-mail me
at bmwu@athena.mit.edu.  If you read this in Comp.sys.mac.hardware, feel
free to post your opinion to the bulletin directly since I follow it fairly regularly.  Thanks.