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From: nessus@athena.mit.edu (Doug Alan)
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Subject: Re: query: new disk drive for VAX
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Date: 5 Oct 88 19:18:59 GMT
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In article <3531@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes:

> RA-81s are expensive, slow, and unreliable.  What less could you
> want from a disk drive?  For $30k, you should be able to buy a
> couple of Fuji SuperEagles and a good Emulex controller, or any of
> several other high-quality drives from Fuji or NEC.

Why spend big bux on SuperEagles when you can get 800 Meg, high speed
5.25-inch Winchesters these days for $3,300 each?

|>oug /\lan
   (or nessus@athena
       nessus@mit-eddie.uucp)