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Subject: Q: SCSI for standalone 3/60?
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I'm thinking of purchasing a second hand 3/60.  The machine is ready to
go, except that it does not include a SCSI disk.  I have a bunch of
questions.  I would appreciate replies via mail.  If there's enough
replies to warrant it, I will summarize and post the replies.

I plan to install the OS (either 4.0.3 or 4.1, I'm not sure which), as
well as X11R4, and a bunch of other misc. tools and toys.

  - Any recommendation on what size drive I should choose?
  - I've been thinking about a 330 Meg drive.  Is that overkill?
    underkill?

I'm told that the Sun 'knows' about quite a few types of SCSI disk.

  - Any opinions on any of these 'known' drives?
  - I've heard that the CDC Wren 330 is to be avoided.  Any
    comments?

As I understand it, I can use any SCSI disk, as long as I can tell the
'format' command details about the disk (number of cylinders, etc).

  - Is this correct?
  - Are the necessary specs fairly easy to obtain/determine?
  - Has anybody had experience doing this?
  - Was it easy, or was it a Royal Pain?
  - Any recommendations on drives that work well?
  - Any warnings on drives that don't work?

Finally, how about some recommendations on sources for a drive?  Any
warnings on places not to order a disk?  Anybody want to sell me a drive?
Also, a tape drive would be nice.  Anybody got any ideas on that?

Thanks muchly for reading this far, and thanks even more for replying.

Karl Klashinsky                                Bell-Northern Research, Ltd.
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