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From: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi)
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Subject: Fwd: Disk drives
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Date: 31 Aug 88 13:21:53 GMT
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For those of you searching for hard disk drives, here is a message you might be
interested in, from a friend of mine:


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From: bvk%hhb@Princeton.EDU (brett kuehner)
Subject: Disk drives
To: mp1u%andrew.cmu.edu@Princeton.EDU (Mike Portuesi),
        bader%andrew.cmu.edu@Princeton.EDU (Miles Bader)
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 88 17:52:56 EDT
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Well, I finally ordered one. Lyco Computer has 64 Meg, 40 ms, SCSI drives
(Seagate ST277N) for $439. Oh yeah, 5 1/4" half height. The only problem is
that they have to special order it, so it'll take 2 weeks. But I've dealt
with Lyco before, and they are a good place. They also don't bill until they
ship. I just got done ordering, the total, with shipping, and without the 4%
cash discount (I used my Visa) was $469.82. $100 cheaper than anywhere else
I looked (I just got done going through Computer Shopper).
They also have Seagate ST157N 48 Meg 3 1/2" drives for $439. Probably a
special order on them, too, but I didn't ask. Mike, you might want to post all
this info to the net, since it's a good deal and since our UUCP is screwed,
so I can't do it.

Handy reference guide: (all SCSI drives)

Drive   Price   Capacity        Speed   Size
-----   -----   --------        -----   ----
ST277N  $439    64 Meg          40 ms   5 1/4", half height
ST157N  $439    48 Meg          40 ms   3 1/2"
ST138N  $329    30 Meg          40?ms   3 1/2"
ST125N  $299    20 Meg          40 ms   3 1/2"
ST225N  $289    20 Meg          65 ms   5 1/4", half height

Lyco's number and address is:

Lyco Computer
P.O. Box 5088
Jersey Shore, PA 17740
1-800-233-8760

They take Visa, MasterCard, COD and checks (though they say they have a 4
WEEK! waiting period on checks).

Now, I have to decide which controller I want and order it from Abel. And
yes, I would have liked a 28ms drive, but equivalent storage at that speed
would have been ~$500, plus an external SCSI controller for ~$150. Of
course, if you want an A2090, it's a whole different story. Check out
Computer Shopper for non-SCSI drives. Probably a little less per Meg.
Although a quick check doesn't show anything a lot better than $6.85 per
Meg. (the ST277N).

                Brett