Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!gatech!gt-eedsp!owen From: owen@gt-eedsp.UUCP (Owen Adair) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: "AT" Hard Disks Message-ID: <159@gt-eedsp.UUCP> Date: Thu, 4-Sep-86 10:42:31 EDT Article-I.D.: gt-eedsp.159 Posted: Thu Sep 4 10:42:31 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Sep-86 03:24:41 EDT References: <465@newton.physics.purdue.edu.ARPA> Reply-To: owen@gt-eedsp.UUCP (Owen Adair) Distribution: net Organization: School of Electrical Engineering, Ga. Tech, Atlanta, GA 30332 Lines: 21 In article <465@newton.physics.purdue.edu.ARPA> wwc@newton.physics.purdue.edu.ARPA (William W. Carlson) writes: >I am considering the purchase of a hard disk to replace the 10 meg'er in >my pc look-alike. I am intrigued by the disks advertised as for the >"AT". Are these disks ST-506 compatible? Is the transfer rate >(as opposed to the step rate) the same as disks for "XT" systems? >I am particularly interested in the 30 meg CMI disk advertised for >about $350. Any known problems with this disk? > >Please email replies to one of the addresses below. We purchased two of these drives last week and found them to be solid, FAST and very quiet! This drive is, to saythe least, designed better than the 20 meg abortion they put in our AT's. At $350, it is the deal of the year. -- Owen Adair, Digital Signal Processing Lab, Ga. Institute of Technology uucp ... !{akgua,allegra,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo,ulysses}!gatech!gt-eedsp!owen Disclaimer: My employer is not responsible for, nor does it care, what I say here or anywhere else.