scotts@cpqhou.UUCP (Scott Shaffer) (01/16/90)
I know of a couple of Conner 1/3 height drives that are 150MB and 210MB. The new Compaq SystemPro uses 8 of the 210MB drives. Conner also makes a 350MB 1/2 height. Unfortunately, these drives are *NOT* cheap. ($2600 for 150MB). Scott Shaffer Compaq Computer Corp. (* The opinions above are mine and mine alone *)
werner@aecom.yu.edu (Craig Werner) (01/16/90)
Some months ago, I glanced at the options available from a
particular computer manufacturer, and they included:
20,40,70, and 150 MB 1/2 Height MFM drives, and
300 and 600 MB full height ESDI drives.
(with purchase of a system, naturally!)
Now that I'm thinking about upgrading my hard drive (actually,
adding a second one) that 150 MB half-height to fit in my one remaining
half height bay looks pretty good.
In looking through PC Magazine (and others), it seems that the
largest half heights are only 60MB, and the largest MFM drive is the
Seagate 80MB, which is full height, not half-height.
Is there anybody who knows differently? who has or knows where to
buy a large capacity half-height MFM drive.
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"It doesn't even have to be a Pelvis."akcs.amparsonjr@vpnet.UUCP (Anthony M. Parson, Jr.) (01/20/90)
I have noticed the same thng with MFM drives. ACtually, I think it may be cheaper to buy two 80 meggers than one 150 megger by far. Only problem I'd have in my machine is that I'd have only one half hight space left for "everything" else. I guess that's why they sell 'tower cabinets'...
ralf@b.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Ralf Brown) (01/24/90)
In article <25b78a7a:4243.2comp.sys.ibm.pc;1@vpnet.UUCP> akcs.amparsonjr@vpnet.UUCP (Anthony M. Parson, Jr.) writes: }I have noticed the same thng with MFM drives. ACtually, I think it may be }cheaper to buy two 80 meggers than one 150 megger by far. Only problem I'd }have in my machine is that I'd have only one half hight space left for }"everything" else. I guess that's why they sell 'tower cabinets'... Are you sure that the 150M drive is also an MFM? I haven't heard of any drives bigger than 120M using MFM. A 150M ESDI drive will be more expensive than an equivalent MFM drive, but will also have much better performance. When comparing drives, you do have to make sure to compare roughly equivalent drives using the same interface technology. A 150M ESDI goes for roughly $1300; a 320M ESDI will set you back about $1900, and a 660M ESDI is about $2700. Looks to me like the bigger drivers are cheaper than two smaller drives.... (oh yeah, those prices include the controller) -- {backbone}!cs.cmu.edu!ralf ARPA: RALF@CS.CMU.EDU FIDO: Ralf Brown 1:129/46 BITnet: RALF%CS.CMU.EDU@CMUCCVMA AT&Tnet: (412)268-3053 (school) FAX: ask DISCLAIMER? | _How_to_Prove_It_ by Dana Angluin 24. by appeal to intuition: What's that?| Cloud-shaped drawings frequently help here.
akcs.amparsonjr@vpnet.UUCP (Anthony M. Parson, Jr.) (02/01/90)
Ralf.brown. is right, I think, about 150 MB being NON-MFM. What I had in mind was the person continuing to use his MFM controller (worth, say $100+) and present MFM drive. So, adding the 80 meg as second drive, you'd have a total of 150+ MB to play with, but a shortage of physical space in a regular AT case. Still, having 6 partitions of 32,32,16,32,32,16 is nothing to sneeze at.