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From: cwilson@NISC.SRI.COM (Chan Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: HD cost vs. RAM cost (was Re: SCSI Ram Disks)
Message-ID: <14229@fs2.NISC.SRI.COM>
Date: 14 Mar 90 12:36:31 GMT
References: <whole bunches of articles>
Reply-To: cwilson@NISC.SRI.COM (Chan Wilson)
Organization: Network Info Systems Ctr., SRI Intl., Menlo Park, CA.
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In article <4387@mace.cc.purdue.edu> asd@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Kareth) writes:
>In article <1167@madnix.UUCP> jason@madnix.UUCP (Jason Blochowiak) writes:
>
>>	Btw, it does seems as if the HD prices are moving down fairly nicely
[snip]
>Ain't seen NOTHING yet!  Gigabyte drives, yes, 1000+Meg!, for PC's are
>soon to be hitting the market and I recall a price for one of them being
>around $2500.  This was in PC Week I think.  Granted not all the
[snip]

I'm more interested in the optical drive that's in production. 680mb-1 gig 
capacity.  Considering that they interface to Suns, Macs, and other things,
they should work on a GS.  They do cost a bit more than your run-of-the-mill
680mb hard drive, but then again, you can't get buy another platter for
~$100, giving you another 680mb to play with...

For those of you a little more down to earth on the storage
requirements (data always expands to fill a given storage medium, ask
any system admin.), Atasi Technology in San Jose, CA [800/726-8872]
has a good deal on >100mb hard drives.  They've got 104mb for $800,
250mb for $1600, 300mb for $1900.. two year warranty.  Sounds pretty
good.  I called them today and verified that they would work on a GS.
(Some mac drives, most notably DataFrame and SuperMac don't use a true
SCSI drive, and won't work on a GS)

No, this isn't an ad, I don't work for them, etc. etc. ad nausum.  I just
think this is a good deal.

--Chan
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