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From: tjb@unhd.UNH.EDU (Thomas J. Baker)
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Subject: Re: Comments on Pacific Microelectronics
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Date: 29 Oct 90 13:55:27 GMT
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In article <1990Oct23.204924.22812@sctc.com>, herndon@sctc.com (William R. Herndon) writes:
|> 
|> 
|>     Option three, ( perhaps the most attractive ), is to go with a vendor
|>     like Pacific Microelectronics, who is explicitly supporting NeXT.  
|>     They seem to have an attractive deal going on right now.  They'll give 
|>     you their full height, dual enclosure cabinet with a Maxtor 340 Mbyte 
|>     ( the LXT-340 I think ) and the necessary cables for approx. $1800, and 
|>     they'll guarantee the compatibility of the drive and the connection.  
|>     Now this seems like a good deal, not as cheap as either of the other 
|>     alternatives, but for guaranteed compatibility ( and attractive styling
|>     to boot )...  Is it a good deal?  Comments?
|> 
|>     BTW:  Pacific Mic. also has a package on thier half height enclosure:
|>     Enclosure, 2.8 floppy ( reads/writes Mac, PC, NeXT disks ), software
|>     for the floppy, cables, and a Quantum 200 Mbyte drive, for $1695.
|> 
|>     Thanks in advance.  Any and all help is appreciated.
|> 
|> 
|> 								- Max
|> 
|> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|> William R. Herndon                              
|> Secure Computing Technology Corp.                  The opinions expressed are 
|>                                                    mine, ALL MINE!  HEH, HEH, 
|> herndon@sctc.com				   HEH, HEH!!!
|> (612) 482-7431 			


Could this enclosure be used to house a floptical drive too?  Do the stations
have support for flopticals?

Thanks

tjb

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