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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: query: new disk drive for VAX
Message-ID: <1988Oct6.181050.788@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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Date: Thu, 6 Oct 88 18:10:50 GMT

In article <10199@eddie.MIT.EDU> nessus@athena.MIT.EDU (Doug Alan) writes:
>Why spend big bux on SuperEagles when you can get 800 Meg, high speed
>5.25-inch Winchesters these days for $3,300 each?

Reliability.

Actually, I would probably prefer to buy one of Fujitsu's newer (physically
smaller) disks, like the Swallow, rather than a Super Eagle.  But buying
disk drives on capacity and price alone is a serious mistake.
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