bobk@fred.colorado.edu (Bob Kinne) (08/04/89)
I am interested in experience with 3rd party SCSI winchester disk drives on DS3100 and VS3100, particularly 600 MByte. What drives have you used, have there been any problems bringing them up, what price did you pay, what are good sources, have you had reliable operation, any other important facts. Thanks. Bob Kinne Optoelectronics Computing Center UCB, Campus Box 525 VOICE (303) 492-3330 Boulder, CO 80309 INTERNET bobk@boulder.Colorado.EDU
Zaft@cup.portal.com (Gordon Christopher Zaft) (08/05/89)
I'm interested in anyone's experience with 3rd-party ESDI drives, especially in the 760 Mbyte range. We are looking for additional, affordable storage for our MicroVAX II. We're currently looking at systems from Dilog. Please e-mail me comments/suggestions. Thanks in advance! Gordon Zaft zaft@cup.portal.com
envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith) (08/09/89)
Christopher Zaft) writes: < From: Zaft@cup.portal.com (Gordon Christopher Zaft) < Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec < Subject: Re: SCSI Disk < Date: 5 Aug 89 04:23:08 GMT < Organization: The Portal System (TM) < Lines: 9 < < I'm interested in anyone's experience with 3rd-party ESDI drives, especially < in the 760 Mbyte range. We are looking for additional, affordable storage < for our MicroVAX II. We're currently looking at systems from Dilog. < Please e-mail me comments/suggestions. < < Thanks in advance! < < Gordon Zaft < zaft@cup.portal.com We have been using the MAXTOR XT8760-E ESDI disk which has about 630 Mbytes when formatted. We purchased the controller (Sigma SDC-RQD11-EC) and the drive from Software Associates, in Sacramento, CA. Their address is: 9723 A Folsom Boulevard, Suite 306 Sacramento, CA 95827-1326 Contact: Dick "Smitty" Smith (916) 344-5558 The controller has 1 megabyte of cache memory and together with the drive we get about a two to one speed increase without the cache over the RD53 drive. When data is in the cache, it is even faster. The drive has 18 ms average seek time and 35 ms max with 3 ms track-to-track. It plugs right into the BA23 or BA123 box with no problems. Ultrix or VMS, it doesn't matter. Overall, the drive is very nice. The controller was (on Sep 1988) $1155 LBL price (GSA discount) and the drive from them was $4322. Cables and brackets were $95. It comes with a one year return-to-factory 24 hour turnaround warranty. Part Numbers: SA-RQD11EC Sigma Q-bus disk controller for ESDI SA-XT-8760 Maxtor 5 1/4" ESDI Disk, 760M (unformatted) SA-ESDI 24" ESDI, 35 pin to 35 pin cables SA-BRK 5 1/4" disk mounting bracket for internal mounting to DEC BA-23. >>> NOTE: I found that this bracket was just a little too small to work, so I just pulled the mounting plate (plastic) off the RD53 and used it <<< I don't represent in any way Software Associates, Sigma or Maxtor. _____________________________________ Brian V. Smith (bvsmith@lbl.gov) Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory We don't need no signatures!
envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith) (08/10/89)
< We have been using the MAXTOR XT8760-E ESDI disk which has about 630 Mbytes < when formatted. We purchased the controller (Sigma SDC-RQD11-EC) and the < drive from Software Associates, in Sacramento, CA. < [...] < The controller was (on Sep 1988) $1155 LBL price (GSA discount) and the < drive from them was $4322. < I love the computer industry! In the time since we have bought our drive, the price has dropped (of course). In looking through "Digital Review" this morning, I noticed that Kimberly Electronics has the XT-8760E for $3295. They don't mention a controller, though. They are at 1-800-843-4009 (in NJ 201-387-0872). < I don't represent in any way Software Associates, Sigma or Maxtor. Still true. Also true: I don't represent in any way Kimberly Electronics. ____________________________________ Brian V. Smith (bvsmith@lbl.gov) Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory We don't need no signatures!