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From: burton@fortune.UUCP (Philip Burton)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: SA1000 series drives larger than 8Mb??
Message-ID: <2077@fortune.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 21-Dec-83 15:20:02 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 21 15:20:02 1983
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Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA
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Shugart will be ending the SA 1000 manufacture soon.  There may be
bargains available from Hamilton/Avnet or from major users of that
drive who are clearing excess inventory.  Try WANG, Tandy, or Xerox OPD.

Quantum's line now extends to an 85MB unformatted drive using the SA 1000
interface.  They have no plans for further development using that interface.
A controller set up for an SA 1000 may not work with the larger Quantum
drives if it cannot access the additional heads.  E.g. the 42 and the
85MB both use 8 heads.  And, all Q's drives have more cylinders than Shugart's
drives.

Don't buy an SA 1002.  That's only 5 mb unformatted.

Phil Burton
Fortune Systems
Redwood City, CA
415 595 8444 x 526