1k1mgm@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Christopher Gunn) (09/20/90)
A few weeks ago I requested advice on sources for third-party SGI SCSI drives. I more-or-less forgot about posting a summary (mostly because whether we get the dough to buy a bunch depends not only on grant agency but on Graham-Rudman...) but recently got a mail request for my results. Which follow, below. Note that none of responses say, "I bought these drives at ridiculously low prices, plugged them in and they woke up instantly," which is kind of what I'd hoped for. Oh well. ***REPLY 1: From: IN%"corkum@csri.toronto.edu" "Brent Thomas Corkum" 6-SEP-1990 12:47:41.23 Try Falcon Systems Inc., 5816 Rseville Road, Sacramento CA., talk to Patsy Zimmerman (916)344 1221, who by the way is the most go get um sales person I've ever dealt with. I just mentioned that I was looking to buy a disk and some memory and I get fax quotes and letters daily it seems. Hope this helps. Brent corkum@ecf.toronto.edu ***REPLY 2: From: IN%"pdi!koko!shoshana@SGI.COM" 6-SEP-1990 19:25:15.13 Well, I found one incredibly inexpensive source for the 760-Mb SCSI disks, but our 1st one just arrived today so I can't guarantee that they work... No reason they shouldn't, though. The vendor is Computer Systems Technology, ph (714)-458-8567. I talked to a salesperson named Alan Mason. They're selling the disks for around $2,395., which is close to the price we were paying for just the disk (we would then have to buy the chassis and power supply and do some assembly) - of course, we don't have an academic discount so your price may be even lower. Good luck! shoshana abrass pdi!shoshana@sgi.com ***REPLY 3: From: IN%"merritt@iris613.gsfc.nasa.gov" "John H Merritt" 7-SEP-1990 08:35:18.38 For disks and 8mm systems. Hybrid Computer Systems, Inc. 6753 Old Waterloo Rd. Suite 323 Baltimore, Md. 21227 (301) 799-0500 / John Hunt. Introl Corporation 2675 Patton Road St. Paul, Minnesota 55113 (612) 631-7600 / Bruce J. Brunette 8mm only. Exabyte Corporation (215) 355-5888 / Kris Kane Disk only: SCSI came from ARROW/KIERRULFF Electronics ATTN: Bruce 8300 Guilford Rd. Columbia, md 21046 (301) 995-6002 and were about $2,700.00 each for 766 Mbytes. ESDI came from Mid-Atlantic Data Systems, Inc. ATTN: Paul Hoy 847-A Quince Orchard Blvd. Gaithersburg, Md 20878 (301) 590-0666 Disk and memory: Impediment Inc. 333 Duxbury, Ma 02332 (617) 837-8877 Attn: Alex. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John H. Merritt # Yesterday I knew nothing, Applied Research Corporation # Today I know that. merritt@iris613.gsfc.nasa.gov # ***REPLY 4: From: mmcneill@kandinsky.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Michael Mcneill -Visualization) Date: Thu, 6 Sep 90 19:01:50 GMT Reply-To: mmcneill@ncsa.uiuc.edu Sender: news@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Here's a list of SCSI disk vendors that may be helpful. Note: This list is provided purely as a service. I don't have affiliations with any of these companies. =========================================================================== Apunix Computer Services (619) 484-0074 Simon Meth American Computers & Engineers (213) 820-8998 Andataco Computer Perhipherals (800) 334-9191 Peter Bille Artecon (619) 931-5500 ext 135 Stacey A. Wildenberg Arkay Engineering Sales (216) 836-8497 Richard Kuhar Cita Technologies (216) 524-8735 David Thompson Computer Upgrade Corporation (714) 630-3457 Robert J Allen Cranel (800) 288-3475 James M. Huffman Danford Corporation (213) 514-9334 Scott M. Johnson Delta Microsystems, Inc. (415) 449-6881 General Microsystems Inc. (206) 644-2233 Earl W. Overstreet Helios Systems (408) 432-0292 Interscience Computer Corp. (818) 707-2000 Miran Apikian Mar-Con Associates Inc. (708) 675-6450 Sue Hyosaka MDB Systems, Inc. (714) 998-6900 National Peripherals (312) 325-4151 Ken Been North Central Peripherals (612) 881-2302 Ken Nickell Parity Systems (408) 378-1000 Solflower Computer Inc (408) 452-5780 Janet Doan Unison Information Systems (508) 898-0072 =========================================================================== Christopher Gunn Molecular Graphics & Modeling Lab SPAN--KUPHSX::GUNN Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Malott Hall 913-864-4428 or -4495 University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045