Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!cca.ucsf.edu!wet!logic From: logic@wet.UUCP (Henry Kwan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Hard drive question Message-ID: <979@wet.UUCP> Date: 24 Feb 90 08:12:03 GMT References: <22136@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <16036@well.sf.ca.us> <26812@cup.portal.com> Reply-To: logic@wet.UUCP (Henry Kwan) Distribution: na Organization: Wetware Diversions, San Francisco Lines: 29 In article <26812@cup.portal.com> buggs@cup.portal.com (William Edward JuneJr) writes: >Just got the big tax refund, yey! >Now I'm lookin' for the BIGGEST *AND* FASTEST __half height__ HD mech. >I'd like it to be either RLL or SCSI! >Also who'd have the best price *8^) > >Ed June Easy. Ask for the Imprimis 94241-502. It's a Wren VI class half height mechanism. Average seek time of 15 ms and should format on the ST to something like ~425 MB. Transfer rate is something like 14-22 Mbit/sec. There is a pared-down version which formats to ~300MB but has a transfer rate of 18-22 Mbit/sec. It's an imbedded SCSI mechanism. These puppies just absolutely scream. I have the Wren V half height on my ST and it cranks 975 K/sec and 18 ms under RATEHD. The Wren VI's are faster. Much faster. Whew! (Sorry for the inexactness. I don't have the spec sheets handy and I don't remember them exactly offhand.) By the way, getting a big tax refund is a bad idea. Ideally, you should pay Uncle Sam at tax time. No so much that you have to pay additional interest, of course. -- Henry Kwan | AppleLink: D0690 FWB, Inc. | CompuServe: 71320,1034 2040 Polk St. Ste 215 | Internet: claris!wet!logic@ames.arc.nasa.gov San Francisco, CA 94109 | UUCP: {claris,hoptoad,lamc,ucsfcca}!wet!logic