dwal@ellis.uchicago.edu (David Walton) (04/28/91)
Many thanks to the people who responded to my request for information
on DAT drives. Especially to Shelly Brisbin, who recommended Third
Wave Computing as a reliable vendor; it looks like we`ll end up
purchasing their 2.0 Gb drive. Now, however, I need input on other
equipment, in particular, large hard drives and Ethernet boards.
We will shortly purchase a large (600 MB) hard drive for one of our
AppleShare file servers. From what I've seen, prices for these drives
(depending on the mechanism) run about $1600- $1900 US. Does anybody
have any recommendations at all for particular a) mechanisms; or b)
vendors? We`ve been looking at Wren mechanisms, but I don't know much
about any of the vendors who package them. In a previous discussion
of smaller hard drives, APS was highly recommended. Any comments?
We will also purchase some new Ethernet boards. I'm interested in
comments on boards for any Macintosh model, but I'd particularly like
to know about good boards for the Macintosh IIsi. Issues are a)
reliability; b) power requirements, for the IIsi at any rate; c)
software--particularly System 7.0 compatibility, which I noticed was
discussed earlier; and d) price.
The usual: please send me electronic mail and I'll summarize.
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