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From: stung@greatwhite.cs.indiana.edu (Sho-Huan Simon Tung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Fujitsu 2263SA Hard Drives.
Keywords: Hard Drive
Message-ID: <1991Jan31.103758.6319@news.cs.indiana.edu>
Date: 31 Jan 91 15:37:50 GMT
References: <1991Jan22.140649.22287@wam.umd.edu> <1991Jan22.150111.8351@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <4470@pewter7.UUCP>
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In article <4470@pewter7.UUCP> chan@motcid.UUCP (Ernie Chan) writes:
>songer@orchestra.ecn.purdue.edu (Christopher M Songer) writes:
>
>
>>     The drive is a Fujitsu 2263SA SCSI drive. Accoring to the 
>>Technical Handbook included with the drive, it is 772Meg
>>unformated and 671 Meg formatted in 512 Byte sectors. I bought the
>>drive from Fast Access in Hammond Ill. for $1412.00 + $12.35 for
>>shipping to W.Lafayette In. The contact name is Mal Steadman and
>>the phone number is 708 530 7749.
>
>RATS!  I wanted to be a pleased customer also.  Unfortunately, when I
>called our company's local rep for Fast Access, I was told that they
>don't have any more of the drives in stock.  Worse yet, it seems that
>the sudden interest for a drive with this price has made them extinct
>on stock room shelves everywhere.  Fast Access says they probably not
>get another shipment of drives from Fujitsu until around the Feb/Mar
>time border.
>
>Anyone else know of an alternate source selling these drives?  It
>looks like Chris got one of the last ones from Fast Access.
>

I ordered one last week and haven't received it yet. So, I called
Fast Access. Fortunately, they told me that the drives are coming
in sometime this week and will be available shortly. 

Simon