Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!gatech!purdue!decwrl!decvax!zinn!ubbs-nh!noel From: noel@ubbs-nh.MV.COM (Noel Del More) Newsgroups: comp.periphs Subject: Re: 3rd party scsi drives Keywords: SCSI, HP, disk drives Message-ID: <311@ubbs-nh.MV.COM> Date: 13 Apr 89 02:02:58 GMT References: <580@babbage.acc.virginia.edu> <2824@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> Reply-To: noel@ubbs-nh.MV.COM (Noel Del More) Distribution: na Organization: uBBS-NH (New England Unix Archive) - Nashua, NH Lines: 42 In article <2824@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> mic@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Mic Lacey) writes: >I too am intrested in using a third party SCSI drive but on a Hewlett Packard >workstation (HP 340, but info on any HP 3xx would be cool). Is there a good >reason why SCSI drives are sooooo expensive when you buy them from the same >company you are buying your workstation from? And why do I hear horror >stories about third party SCSI drives being used on various workstations >(esp. Sun), isn't SCSI supose to be a standard? > > -Mic Forgive me as I may not have all the facts straight here but it may be good for a lead. I posted an article several weeks ago about Newbury liquidating their stock of drives because of their intention to withdraw from the U.S. marketplace (I also posted an update to that article today in misc.forsale). One fellow who bought one of their drives for his Sun sent me e-mail concerning his difficulties getting it to work on his system. Well, to make a long story short, I recently got another of the 380 mb. drives from Newbury and while doing so asked about the problems with Sun systems. I was told that the controller Sun used is slightly brain-damaged. And that the OEM who made the controllers fixed the problem but Sun is not providing the fix to its customers. The OEM's name escapes me at this time, but it was suggested that the OEM be contacted concerning the fix. BTW, in a previous article someone mentioed that Masscomp wanted $8000 for a 350 mb. SCSI drive. Well, my 380's cost me $1095.00 each from Newbury. Seems to me that one could buy a couple drives and a new controller that supported them for $8000 and still look good to his/her boss! Noel -- Noel B. Del More | decvax!ubbs-nh!noel 17 Meredith Drive | noel@ubbs-nh.mv.com Nashua, New Hampshire 03063 | It's unix me son! `taint spozed tah make cents