HWT@bnr.ca (H.W.) (10/08/90)
I'm thinking of purchasing a second hand 3/60. The machine is ready to
go, except that it does not include a SCSI disk. I have a bunch of
questions. I would appreciate replies via mail. If there's enough
replies to warrant it, I will summarize and post the replies.
I plan to install the OS (either 4.0.3 or 4.1, I'm not sure which), as
well as X11R4, and a bunch of other misc. tools and toys.
- Any recommendation on what size drive I should choose?
- I've been thinking about a 330 Meg drive. Is that overkill?
underkill?
I'm told that the Sun 'knows' about quite a few types of SCSI disk.
- Any opinions on any of these 'known' drives?
- I've heard that the CDC Wren 330 is to be avoided. Any
comments?
As I understand it, I can use any SCSI disk, as long as I can tell the
'format' command details about the disk (number of cylinders, etc).
- Is this correct?
- Are the necessary specs fairly easy to obtain/determine?
- Has anybody had experience doing this?
- Was it easy, or was it a Royal Pain?
- Any recommendations on drives that work well?
- Any warnings on drives that don't work?
Finally, how about some recommendations on sources for a drive? Any
warnings on places not to order a disk? Anybody want to sell me a drive?
Also, a tape drive would be nice. Anybody got any ideas on that?
Thanks muchly for reading this far, and thanks even more for replying.
Karl Klashinsky Bell-Northern Research, Ltd.
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