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From: kim@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: SDP
Message-ID: <32490@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Date: 19 May 88 21:34:59 GMT
References: <1953@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> <5992@well.UUCP>
Organization: Amdahl Corporation,  Sunnyvale, CA 94086
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In article <5992@well.UUCP>, perry@well.UUCP (Perry S. Kivolowitz) writes:
> 
> The SDP has been dropped  from ASDG's future plans due to the
> unmarketability of the  product.  Here's  why we consider the
> product unmarketable:
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> Cost Of An SDP: $1299
> Average Speed For A Read On An Average Drive: 600KB/s
> 
> In 1986 the SDP cost 2.6 times more than an average controller
> but gave 30 times the performance.
> 
> In 1988 the SDP cost 5.2 times more than an average controller
> but gives 3 times the performance.
> 
> The SDP in unmarketable due to eroding price/performance ratios.
> We would think that VERY FEW people would find a 3 fold increase
> in speed (for an average  65 msec  drive) would be worth 5 times
> more money.

As I have told Perry via email, I don't agree with this analysis.  I think
there *is* enough of a market for a "high-end" hard disk controller to
make such a product worth marketing.  I know that *I* still want one, and
I suspect there are quite a few others that do also.

Perhaps if enough people let Perry/Eric/ASDG know this, they will
reconsider their decision, and make the SDP(I) available in some
form.

/kim


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