ck32+@andrew.cmu.edu (Chris Wei-Tae Kim) (01/30/91)
Howdy, I heard that there are new high capacity 3.5" drives coming out soon, at least I know that Fujisu have 510meg 3.5" drive but they haven't start shipping yet. Does anyone know more details on this? When would they have it on market and how much will it be? What are the other alternatives. How about 400meg internal HD that comes with new stations? It would be nice if I can have 300++meg inside the slab rather than an external(external drives require SCSI-2 cables and they too expansive). Thanks.
tjb@unhd.unh.edu (Thomas J. Baker) (02/01/91)
In article <AbdQh9200WB5A7GXNb@andrew.cmu.edu> ck32+@andrew.cmu.edu (Chris Wei-Tae Kim) writes: >Howdy, I heard that there are new high capacity 3.5" drives coming out >soon, at least I know that Fujisu have 510meg 3.5" drive but they >haven't start shipping yet. Does anyone know more details on this? When >would they have it on market and how much will it be? What are the other >alternatives. How about 400meg internal HD that comes with new stations? >It would be nice if I can have 300++meg inside the slab rather than an >external(external drives require SCSI-2 cables and they too expansive). >Thanks. > I called Alliance Peripheral Systems about I drive I saw announced in MacWeek a couple of months back. It is the Maxtor LXT-535, a 535Mb half-height 3 1/2 inch drive with an access time of 12 to 13 milliseconds. According to the article, it has an asyncronous data transfer rate of 3 MB/second and a syncronous rate of 5 MB/second. Maxtor is also making the LXT-437, a 437Mb drive with similiar stats. OEM prices are $1450 for the LXT-535 and $1250 for the LXT-437. I was sick of waiting for vaporware and had decided on a Wren V, but when they said "mid February" for the new Maxtors, I decided to wait. More info when I get it... tjb -- ____________________________________________________________________________ | INTERNET: tjb@mozz.unh.edu USPS: Thomas Baker | | USENET: uunet!unhd.unh.edu!tjb Distributed Computing | | NeXT: tjb@IceCube.unh.edu Kingsbury Hall, UNH |
IceCube (Thomas J. Baker) (02/03/91)
In article <1991Jan31.191634.3745@unhd.unh.edu> tjb@unhd.unh.edu (Thomas J. Baker) writes: > >I called Alliance Peripheral Systems about I drive I saw announced in MacWeek >a couple of months back. It is the Maxtor LXT-535, a 535Mb half-height 3 1/2 >inch drive with an access time of 12 to 13 milliseconds. According to the >article, it has an asyncronous data transfer rate of 3 MB/second and a >syncronous rate of 5 MB/second. Maxtor is also making the LXT-437, a 437Mb >drive with similiar stats. OEM prices are $1450 for the LXT-535 and $1250 >for the LXT-437. > While browsing through WhAT's NeXT, the Boston Computer Society's NeXT newsletter, I came across an article stating that two half height drives would not fit in one full height bay. I had planned on getting a previously described Maxtor 535 Mb drive and adding a used Quantum 210 Mb drive, for as much disk space as a Wren V, with moderate performance gains by having swap space (along with other heavily accessed read-only areas) on the second drive. But alas, I'm told it won't fit. So I tear my cube apart, borrow a friends not-in-use 20 Mb half height drive, and see for myself that it won't fit. But it does... Cutting to the chase... Has anyone else put two half height drives in the upper bay of a cube? Is there anywhere I can pick up a mounting bracket to make life easier for this setup? Can the power supply handle two hard drives and an optical? Are there heat considerations to worry about? Should I just say forget it and get a Wren V? Any insight would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance... tjb -- ____________________________________________________________________________ | INTERNET: tjb@mozz.unh.edu USPS: Thomas Baker | | USENET: uunet!unhd.unh.edu!tjb Distributed Computing | | NeXT: tjb@IceCube.unh.edu Kingsbury Hall, UNH |
rob@lighthouse.com (02/04/91)
Thomasd J. Baker writes: >Has anyone else put two half height drives in the upper bay of a cube? Is >there anywhere I can pick up a mounting bracket to make life easier for this >setup? Can the power supply handle two hard drives and an optical? Are there >heat considerations to worry about? Should I just say forget it and get a >Wren V? All of the cubes that we have only have two power cables leading from the power supply. Does anyone know if the latest and greatest cubes ship with more power leads ? Has anyone heard of some upgrade procedure to provide more power cables from the power supply ? Rob Kedoin rob@lighthouse.com Lighthouse Design, Ltd 6516 Western Avenue Chevy Chase, MD 20815