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From: BOB%HOWARD%CENTER@CC.UTAH.EDU
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Subject: RE: System Industry Disks
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Date: Fri, 7-Aug-87 22:34:00 EDT
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I recently posted a message about my experiences with System Industry disks.
I have received numerous mail messages asking for the configuration I was 
referring to. The disks that I have had problems with are SI 9733 disks with an 
SI 9900 controller being used by two microVAXes and a VAXstation. The problem
does not appear to be in the Fuji drives and not related to the Fuji Super Eagle 
problems. I have not personally had experience with SI disks on a larger VAX 
systems although I did talk to others who had when I was making my 
recommendation about disks for our 8650 on an HSC50.

I have received some letters from people who have said that they have other 
System Industry disks and that they run just fine. Other letters I have 
received were not as kind and had expressed similar experiences as to the ones 
I have had.

As always, one can not rely on just one persons misfortune as a valid test for 
a product. All I would say to anyone contemplating a purchase is be careful.

Bob Wheeler
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Disclaimer:

As always, the opinions expressed in my letters are mine alone. They are not the 
opinions of my supervisors nor of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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