Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!jarthur!ucivax!orion.oac.uci.edu!hardy From: hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu (Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: Switching from Sun to HP: some general questions Message-ID: Date: 12 Apr 91 17:59:52 GMT References: <1991Apr11.141050.5207@rathe.cs.umn.edu> Organization: U.C.Irvine, Dept. of Physics Lines: 13 Nntp-Posting-Host: golem.ps.uci.edu In-reply-to: ian@rathe.cs.umn.edu's message of 11 Apr 91 14:10:50 GMT Aas an addendum to Ian's remark about disks: I have had no problem adding a Maxtor 8730-S 650 MB (that'ts what I ultimately got out of it) drive; I hav used Ian's disktab-generating program as a first approximation, then fine-tuned news by hand. Much faster and much quieter than the original HP 7939S which cost more 2.5 times more! Take note HP-pricemakers! Greetings, Hardy -------****------- Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy); Department of Physics, University of California Irvine CA 92717; (714) 856 5543; hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu or MMAYER@UCI.BITNET