Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!uw-beaver!ubc-cs!alberta!atha!aupair.cs.athabascau.ca!lyndon From: lyndon@cs.athabascau.ca (Lyndon Nerenberg) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Data Storage density questions Message-ID: <25@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca> Date: 10 Aug 90 18:08:28 GMT References: <2684@network.ucsd.edu> <11124@alice.UUCP> <11137@alice.UUCP> <11481@odin.corp.sgi.com> Organization: Athabasca University Lines: 17 olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson) writes: >Also note that (unless things have changed recently) the Elite >will be out of form factor (about 2 inches longer than a >'standard' 5 1/4" drive. How recent is your information? I was talking to several suppliers last week about these drives and they indicated the Elite would drop into a standard Sun 5-1/4" disk enclosure (ie shoebox, internal mount in a 3/160, etc). Everyone I talked to expected evaluation units within the next 3 - 4 weeks. Maybe they're in for a bit of a surprise :-) -- Lyndon Nerenberg VE6BBM / Computing Services / Athabasca University {alberta,cbmvax,mips}!atha!lyndon || lyndon@cs.athabascau.ca Practice Safe Government Use Kingdoms