news@daver.bungi.com (05/08/90)
From: ericz@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Eric Zamost)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.ibm.pc,ba.market.computers
Subject: Miniscribe 9380S - info?
Message-ID: <3150@darkstar.ucsc.edu>
Date: 7 May 90 16:51:49 GMT
....
The drive which looks best thus far is a Miniscribe 9380S,
330Meg, 16ms, SCSI, full height, new, for $850, from Hi-Tech, Inc.
==============================================^^^^
(The story is that Miniscribe was purchased by Maxtor, and Maxtor
is getting rid of the old stock. The drive would be warranteed by
Maxtor for a year.)
....
Also, if anyone has a drive they wish to sell which might work
for me, a SCSI controller worthy of this drive, or a case and power
supply for a full height drive (I might make it external), please
contact me.
From: dougp@ico.isc.com (Doug Pintar)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Adaptec 154xB SCSI host adapter (was: Re: WD SCSI Controller)
Message-ID: <1990May7.211407.6954@ico.isc.com>
Date: 7 May 90 21:14:07 GMT
In article <1990May6.135921.13129@cti-software.nl> pim@cti-software.nl (Pim Zandbergen) writes:
>New Adaptec 154xB ? Could anybody shed some light over this?
>What is different from the A model? How compatible is it?
I have one, and it's very similar from a programming standpoint, so the
existing 386/ix HPDD driver works just fine. It has some additional
programmability as to speeds when doing its first-party DMA, and you can
get more information (like who's negotiated synchronous transfers) from
it. The board is half-long, and may be a bit faster. It also supports
both target and initiator modes, so you could use SCSI to connect two
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systems (386/ix, however, does not support this). It's a nice board;
I have no idea as to how available it is, however. I got mine from Adaptec
to make sure the new firmware/bios/hardware all worked with 386/ix.
Doug Pintar
From: ericz@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Eric Zamost)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Need advice on a 300 Meg.
Message-ID: <3159@darkstar.ucsc.edu>
Date: 7 May 90 20:25:40 GMT
I just asked about the Miniscribe 9380S for $850. Now I am
also considering a CDC-Imprimis 94171-307 (320M, 16.5ms, SCSI, FH)
for $900. I think that the CDC is probably the better drive.
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Both come with 1 year warranties. The CDC supposedly has an MTBF
of 100,000 hours, and the Miniscribe has 50,000 (are these numbers
meaningful?)
Any comments?dlr@daver.bungi.com (Dave Rand) (05/09/90)
[In the message entitled "from comp.periphs.scsi" on May 8, 12:16, Phil Budne writes:] > > The drive which looks best thus far is a Miniscribe 9380S, > 330Meg, 16ms, SCSI, full height, new, for $850, from Hi-Tech, Inc. > ==============================================^^^^ [...deleted...] > I just asked about the Miniscribe 9380S for $850. Now I am > also considering a CDC-Imprimis 94171-307 (320M, 16.5ms, SCSI, FH) > for $900. I think that the CDC is probably the better drive. > ========^^^^ > > Any comments? Yup. I'm happy with the Miniscribe drives that we got. The price was great, the service has been fine, and they shipped the drives to the non-local folks, saving Karl a heap of trouble. All in all, we got a good deal! If we wait a year (or maybe 6 months), there will be a {bigger/smaller/ faster/slower/same} drive for less money. It never fails in this industry. It was the right drive, and the right time, at the right price for me. -- Dave Rand {pyramid|hoptoad|sun|vsi1}!daver!dlr Internet: dlr@daver.bungi.com