Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!syntron!jtsv16!uunet!peregrine!elroy!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!AERO4.LARC.NASA.GOV!blbates From: blbates@AERO4.LARC.NASA.GOV (Brent Bates TAD/ACB ms294 x2601) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: Re: 3rd party vendors Message-ID: <8810281159.AA02930@aero4.larc.nasa.gov> Date: 28 Oct 88 11:59:54 GMT Article-I.D.: aero4.8810281159.AA02930 Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 6 I have been asking the same question for months now and no one seems to know the answer to the question. All I get is that everyone agrees that SGI charges outrageous prices for hardware. I also here that the Hitachi drive is even cheaper than the CDC drive. But I can't get any specifics or anyone who has done it. Good luck.