Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!mcdchg!ddsw1!nvk From: nvk@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Norman Kohn) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi Subject: Re: What 660MB or 1.2GB hard drive can you recommend? Message-ID: <1990Nov18.020921.13076@ddsw1.MCS.COM> Date: 18 Nov 90 02:09:21 GMT References: <21762@duke.cs.duke.edu> Reply-To: nvk@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Norman Kohn) Organization: ddsw1.MCS.COM Contributor, Wheeling, IL Lines: 17 In article <21762@duke.cs.duke.edu> jfw@neuro.duke.edu (John F. Whitehead) writes: >I intend to purchase a large hard disk drive -- at least 660MB, or a >1GB drive if I can afford it -- and would like some input as to what >brands/retailers I should look at or avoid. > >I have heard of CDC/Imprimis Wren, Micropolis, and Maxtor, which are >in the $3000-$4000 price range for the 1gig variety. Corporate Systems Center 408-737-7312 has Maxtor XT-8760S (675 Mb) for $1600-$1900, depending on what level of warranty you want. I've installed one but have not exercised it fully yet. It seems like a good deal. -- Norman Kohn | ...ddsw1!nvk Chicago, Il. | days/ans svc: (312) 650-6840 | eves: (312) 373-0564