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From: jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: IDE HDs > 177MB
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Date: 9 Feb 91 20:55:33 GMT
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I am considering getting a new hard drive to replace the two I have right
now.  I have narrowed it down to the following criteria:

A.  MUST be larger than 143MB
B.  MUST have access time < 20ms
C.  MUST be IDE

I currently have 133MB worth of RLL 38ms HD space and must now upgrade real
soon after installing Windows, MS Windows SDK, C 6.00, TC++, TC 2.0, Quick
Pascal, Quick C, Corel Draw, WP 5.1, and what not over the course of a
couple of years.

The drives that I am considering are the Conner CP3204 (~210MB, 16ms),
a Seagate (ST????: 211MB), and the Maxtor LXT200A (as the others).  They
are within 150 dollars of each other.

The lowest price I have seen for the Conner is 789 dollars for DC Drives.
Anyone have experience with Conner or DC Drives?  I've seen the MAXTOR
in the 7s and the Seagate at around the same price.  PC Sources ad's are
ranging from 900+ for any of the drives down to mid 700s....big range
in vendors, eh?

Anyway, to sum:

Anyone have any of the above drives? What are your experiences?  Also,
is Conner as good as everyone says they are?  Everyone I know considers
Conner drives to be the cream of the crop....Miniscribe supposedly really
sucks, and Seagate is about the middle of line.

Brian