Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!mintaka!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!ugle.unit.no!nuug!ulrik!nenaas From: nenaas@ulrik.uio.no (Nils-Eivind Naas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: Switching from Sun to HP: some general questions Message-ID: Date: 15 Apr 91 10:18:38 GMT References: <1991Apr11.141050.5207@rathe.cs.umn.edu> Sender: news@ulrik.uio.no (USENET News System) Organization: University of Oslo, Norway Lines: 24 In-Reply-To: hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu's message of 12 Apr 91 17:59:52 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: ulrik In article hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu (Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)) writes: 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 Apparently things work differently in different countries; in Norway at least, HP peripherals are also sold through distributors who charge quite low prices. Disk prices are comparable to what is usually charged for Seagate Imprimis disks. The only difference is that HP disks carry a 5-year guarantee! Nils-Eivind Naas nen@isaf.no or ISAF, Oslo,Norway nenaas@ulrik.uio.no