bb@wjh12.harvard.edu (Brent Byer) (12/10/90)
Someone said: >> About a year ago we discovered one can get HP 660MB SCSI's (HP97548) >> with a 5 year warranty from distributors, for cheap (< $2200). > In article <1990Dec8.160723.13820@polyof.poly.edu> korfhage@polyof.poly.edu (A1 willard korfhage (cs) ) writes: >In the latest MacWeek (12/4), I noticed ClubMac selling HP disks. >330 MB $1399, 635MB $2049, 1GB $3149 (internal disks, add $80 for external) [ I'll see your 635 Mb, and (un)raise you $180 .... ] We just bought a HP 97548S (663e6 bytes) for $1866 from Schweber Electronics. They have just changed name to Lex Electronics, and have ~20 locations througout US (1+800-447-5270 for pointer). They seem to be a heavy-duty HP distributor; competitive prices and very helpful/competent tech support. Suggestion: If you call Schweber/Lex, ask for a "Technical Systems Sales" specialist; else you'll get a chip peddler. In New England, I recommend dealing with David German (hard `G') @ (508) 694-0937. (They have 1-800 tech support which can surely assist with integration & configuration details for HP 9000's; they had the answers for our Sun.) Tech tidbits: drive spins @4000 rpm for 10+% less latency; also does NOT use ZBR (zone-bit-record) so FFS optimizations have hope. How low-$ can we go ? [ for 5-yr warr., quiet, US-made ] Brent Byer