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From: tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A3000 notes...
Message-ID: <2742@enea.se>
Date: 5 Mar 91 11:56:17 GMT
References: <D0e2X1w163w@dworkin.Amber.COM-
Organization: Enea Data AB, Sweden
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In article <D0e2X1w163w@dworkin.Amber.COM- jtravis@dworkin.Amber.COM (Jim, Sysop) writes:
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-        Lastly, has anyone had any experience with 200+ meg 3.5" drives? Any 
-reccomendations?  I want to consolidate my 2 HDs into one larger one, and 
-stick another internal floppy drive.  But a few key points: the new drive 
-has to be atleast 200 megs, as fast if not faster than the existing Quantums 
-I now use, and be reliable.  No Miniscribes need apply.  I'd like HDToolbox 
-to do all the work, right - the first time.  A local dealer suggested a 
-Maxtor 207 meg drive (I think it's the LXT2000S) and another suggested a 
-Connors 3200.  Any ideas as to whether they're as fast as Quantum (I think 
-the Q50s and 105S drives have 64K caches) or does anyone have a better 
-choice, and a place where I could get one cheaply.  Oh yeah, last 
-requirement - gotta be as cheap as possible.  Surprise.
-        
-        Jim Trascapoulos
-        CSAccess BBS  *  Lawrenceville, NJ  *  609.584.8774
-        Public Access Amiga/Unix Usenet BBS


Control Data drives at 400 MB are said to be good - even though they
now really are Seagate drives...

Fujitsu have 3 1/2" drives as large as 520 MB, but they are not
especially cheap.

Maxtors had a good reputation a few years ago, but are now mainly
sold here in Sweden at bargain prices by un-known companies.