Bakin@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA (David S. Bakin) (01/26/86)
Hi. I have an ad for a mail-order "surplus" place which is selling the above mentioned CDC drives for $49.00 while Teac 55F drives are selling for $99.00 (though the CDC drives are full height and the Teac drives are 1/2 height). Has anyone any experience with CDC drives? In fact, is CDC still in the 5 1/2" drive business? How about the Canon 2/3 height 96 tpi drives that B.G. Micro is selling for $99? THANKS in ADVANCE -- Dave Bakin (Bakin -at mit-multics.arpa)
asg0%gte-labs.csnet@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA (01/27/86)
I have an Altos 5-15D that uses CDC 5 1/4" 96tpi Quad Density drives. I have had the system for 4 years and have had to replace one drive. With some quad drives, you can get by using Double Side, Double Density diskettes. Not so with the CDC drives. You have to buy the soft sector double side, quad density diskettes. These are typically twice as expensive. The drives are very fast and I shuffle a lot of bytes, so I have been happy with them. Can't beat the $49 price. Plese send me the address of your mail order "surplus" place. I might pick up a few spares at that price.