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From: kling@ICS.UCI.EDU (Rob Kling)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Micropolis & MicroScience Hard drives
Message-ID: <9011101203.aa14217@ICS.UCI.EDU>
Date: 10 Nov 90 20:04:29 GMT
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I have an AST 386/90 w/an ESDI 80MB hard drive. I'm running short of
real estate & am contemplating buying another ESDI drive. A local shop
will sell me a Micropolis half-height 160MB drive (19ms) for about $960 &
a Microscience 160MB (28ms) ESDI drive for about $800.

I wonder if the 20% difference in porces buys any aspect of quality,
rather than just response time (28 vs 19 ms).

Does anyone out there have especially good or bad experience w/HH ESDI
drives from these manufacturers (or NEC)?

Thanks


Rob Kling
Information & Computer Sci
UC-Irvine