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Subject: Re: UNIX PC Hard disks
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Date: Wed, 22-May-85 22:00:22 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 22 22:00:22 1985
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> 
>ihnp4!mtgzz!dab, Dave Berk asks:
> Does anyone know anything about the reliability 40 MB hard disks
> for the UNIX PC?
> Also, has anybody had any experience with one from any VAR ?
> 
I've said it before, and here again:

You will be very sorry, and frustrated, if you partake of secondary
storage, on a Un*x system, with avg. access times > ~35ms.

Someone is peddling a 40Mb hard disk (sic) for the AT&T PC with
avg. access of 85 (eighty-five!!) ms.  That is a hard !floppy!

Also, check for the formatted capacity; there's lots of shleezebags
in this biz nowadays, and you may only find 31 meg usable.

	brent byer