jpm@bnl.UUCP (John McNamee) (12/16/83)
I am using a system that has an SA1000 series drive in it that has about 8Mb formatted. I want to replace it with one of more capacity. Are there any drives out there that have the same power, interface, and size as the kind of drive I have? John McNamee uucp: ..!decvax!philabs!sbcs!bnl!jpm Arpa: jpm@BNL CompuServe: 70235,1345
MEAD%usc-eclb@sri-unix.UUCP (12/19/83)
From: Dick <MEAD@usc-eclb> The SA1000 interface is mostly gone now, but one mfgr. may still have higher capacity units, QUANTUM CORP. in Milpitas, CA. (408) 980-8555 for Western Regional Sales Office. Had a line of 8" Winchesters with SA1000 interface from 8 to 33 meg. -------
burton@fortune.UUCP (Philip Burton) (12/19/83)
Shugart had a short-lived product called the SA 1100, with formatted capacities of about 16 and 28 MB. It's probably not available. For a real alternative, consider Quantum's 8" drives, which have the *same* interface and capacities of 10, 20, 40, and 80 MB (unformatted). Quantum is in San Jose, CA. ' luck Phil Burton, Fortune Systems
burton@fortune.UUCP (Philip Burton) (12/21/83)
Shugart will be ending the SA 1000 manufacture soon. There may be bargains available from Hamilton/Avnet or from major users of that drive who are clearing excess inventory. Try WANG, Tandy, or Xerox OPD. Quantum's line now extends to an 85MB unformatted drive using the SA 1000 interface. They have no plans for further development using that interface. A controller set up for an SA 1000 may not work with the larger Quantum drives if it cannot access the additional heads. E.g. the 42 and the 85MB both use 8 heads. And, all Q's drives have more cylinders than Shugart's drives. Don't buy an SA 1002. That's only 5 mb unformatted. Phil Burton Fortune Systems Redwood City, CA 415 595 8444 x 526