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From: slfields@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Scott L Fields)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: New 1 Gig. 3.5" drive on the market
Message-ID: <1991May30.222509.5997@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu>
Date: 30 May 91 22:25:09 GMT
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Sorry, but my previous post was a litle erroneous in that the manufacturer is
actually Micropolis. My apologies to Microprolis for the mistake. Anyway,


Coming soon:

Micropolis 2112 1 Gig. 3.5" hard disk drive

10 ms access time
Typical power consumption of 12 Watts
Utilizes SCSI-2 interface
up to 10 Mbyte/s transfer rate
Supports command queuing
256 Kbyte command buffer/data cache

Initial shipments to start in 3rd quarter of this year and expected prices
of about $1/Mbyte in 1992

No release pricing was given.

Well, sounds like a great product and I still think that Next should look
into a portable with this drive coming out. All they really need now is a
suitable display technology for a megapixel display. Maybe Electolumiscent.

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Scott Fields	slfields@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu		University of Oklahoma
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