Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!agate!eos!data.nas.nasa.gov!mustang!nntp-server.caltech.edu!toddpw From: toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Advice sought on RAM and SCSI Message-ID: <1990Nov12.055049.4676@nntp-server.caltech.edu> Date: 12 Nov 90 05:50:49 GMT References: <9011112226.AA29980@apple.com> Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Lines: 15 $CSD211@LSUVM.BITNET (Mark Orr) writes: >I heard recently that there was a 83 Mb hard drive made by Seagate... >So I looked it up in the Roger Coats product list and lo and behold there >it was...at less than $500 >Has anyone had any experience with Seagate drives? Any good (reliability >wise) ??? How easy are they to interface (i.e. are they SCSI or will you >have to hunt for some obscure controller board) ??? The ones Roger Coats sells are all SCSI. They are reliable but not as fast as the Quantum or Connor drives (but are also not as expensive). Todd Whitesel toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu