alan@wam.umd.edu (Alan Joseph Schunemann) (02/22/91)
Okay, here's the scoop. Most NeXT heads have told me that the internal 400M drive in the station is a Seagate ST1480. I called Third Wave Computing and they're "taking orders", but the drive isn't available now. (only available for "eval"). They gave me a price of (cough) $2199. I contacted a wholesaler who called a Seagate rep. The rep told her that the ST1480 isn't due til APRIL! I called Hewlett Packard, they tell me that the HP 425M 3.5" unit is also in "eval". It's model number is CS2235S. It's SCSI II compat., fast, and has a 5 yr warranty. I'm posting this because I have a 105M station and want to get an internal 400M drive. Preferably the one being sold with the unit now. That one, by the way, is most likely one of these "eval" units. I can get the Seagate, when it's available, for $1550.00. If you have a station with the tiny drive and want to upgrade let me know, I'll try to build a bigger order. Thanks Alan -- _______________________________________________________________ Alan Schunemann Well, what shall we throw away this year? alan@wam.umd.edu -Andrew Carnegie
eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) (02/24/91)
Inside we found a screw missing from the _floppy_ mounting brackets. (Manufacturing defect!!!) But this wasn't the source of the whine. It's the ST1480. With the cover off, you can also hear it making a "grinding" noise. Oh dear. BTW, the disk doesn't appear to be a "production" version... but it doesn't say "sample" or anything else like that. It looks rather plain, actually. It *is* fast. This is going to be a great machine, once NeXT gets the bugs out. -=EPS=-
pflikk@epsl.umd.edu (Paul Glen Flikkema) (02/26/91)
The high-pitch whine also occurred in my new 400MB Nstation. It
is ear-piercing. Now it is in the shop, hopefully getting a
quiet replacement SOON (maybe today). The good news is the
gentleman at the Computer Emporium is very pleased with NeXT's
warranty service.
In the few hours I used the machine (before my ears made me quit),
I was *very happy* with the performance. Once they come up with
solid 400MB drives, it'll be great.
-Paul
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Paul Flikkema (pflikk@wam.umd.edu) Electrical Engineering Grad. Student
University of Maryland, College Park