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From: vzv@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Lance Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Conner Peripherals Inc. SCSI Hard Disk
Summary: 3.5 maxtor fujitsu conner
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Date: 7 Nov 90 03:00:05 GMT
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In the November 5 issue of ELectronic Buyers News there is an article about
new high-capacity 3.5" drives from Fujitsu.  To summarize:

M262xSA/T Series drives:
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-three models discussed offering formatted capacities of 520, 425, and 330
 meg.
-average positioning time (seek time?  I dunno...) of 12 ms
-rotational speed of 4,400 rpm
-240K read-ahead cache buffer
-SCSI and AT interfaces available
	[and finally, the prices...]
-Evaluation quantity prices: 520M - $1750, 425M - $1,500, 330M - $1,250

The article also mentions some Maxtor drives that were talked about in a
previous issue.  From memory the specs for these go something like:
535M and 435M (approx.) formatted, read-ahead cache, access time in the low
teens, 3.5" form-factor, SCSI interface as well as AT (IDE) and/or ESDI.

	-Lance

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