bb@wjh12.UUCP (byer) (06/19/84)
@ Howdy, Do any of you have experiences/recommendations on `real' hard DISKS (vs. 100+ ms. access `Hard Floppies') for the ibm PC clan? I am especially interested in the removable cartridge drives (no, old-timers, rk03's won't cut it). Names I've heard of are Iomega, DMA, Syquest. I've seen specs on the first two, and, if true, they are acceptable. Of related interest are controllers/interfaces to the PC; especially those with performance as a goal (sector/track buffers, overlappable seeks, etc.). I am keen on this type of drive because it avoids the need to do backups onto floppy (ugh!), and permits use of a NICE Unix feature -- mount-able filesystems. (30-50 ms. access times don't hurt either). We plan on running Venix/86. I WILL post a summary of responses, so pls refrain from ``Let me know what you get.'' replies. [ I thank you, the net thanks you. ] Brent Byer (decvax!genrad!wjh12!bb) ------- Boy: `Uncle Bill, that steamboat race was the biggest gamble in the world.' W.C. Fields: `That was nothing, son. I remember when Lady Godiva put everything she had on a horse.'