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From: pavlov@hscfvax.harvard.edu (G.Pavlov)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Cheaper winnies on an NCR tower
Keywords: NCR TOWER 32/600 drive
Message-ID: <601@hscfvax.harvard.edu>
Date: 25 Jul 88 00:50:08 GMT
References: <531@prlhp1.prl.philips.co.uk> <105@cs-col.Columbia.NCR.COM>
Organization: Health Sciences Computing Facility, Harvard University
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In article <105@cs-col.Columbia.NCR.COM>, vause@cs-col.Columbia.NCR.COM (Sam Vause) writes:
> The design of the operating System disk interface code precludes the addition
> of any non-approved disk into the TOWER.  The reason for this is *NOT* to 
> inconvenience you as a customer, but to make sure that only *CERTIFIED* drives
> are installed--the reliability of the machine and its data is the most impor-
> tant issue here.  Drives this size *MUST* have an extremely high reliability
> rating.
> 
  Does NCR manufacture its own drives for the Tower series ??  If not, what 
  does it do to them to make them worth their weight in gold (almost literally)?

   greg pavlov, fstrf, amherst, ny