ericz@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Eric Zamost) (07/20/90)
I am planning to purchase some CDC-Imprimis Wren-IV SCSI
drives, and I think the price I am arranging may be of interest
to other net-readers. It looks as if I can get this drive for
somewhere between $900 and $1000, depending on the quantity
purchased. If you think you may want one, please e-mail me and
indicate approximately how interested you are, and I will see
what kind of price I can get (but understand that this is still
a bit tentative).
Following are the specifications for the drives:
CDC-Imprimis Wren-IV (94171-307)
New, 1 year warranty
SCSI interface
320 Meg (formatted) capacity
16ms average access time
Full Height, 5.25", Auto-park
Rated MTBF: 100,000
I asked a few weeks ago about how this drive compared to the
Miniscribe 9380S's which have recently become available
inexpensively, and the consensus was that this was by far the more
reliable drive.
My plan is to arrange the purchase, but then have people buy them
directly from the dealer. How well has this method worked
before?
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---------------------------------------------------------------------brb@falcon.is (Bjorn R. Bjornsson) (07/20/90)
In article <5278@darkstar.ucsc.edu>, ericz@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Eric Zamost) writes: > ... It looks as if I can get this drive for > somewhere between $900 and $1000, depending on the quantity > purchased. ... Probably a good price, but not surprisingly so since you're talking quantity > Following are the specifications for the drives: > > CDC-Imprimis Wren-IV (94171-307) Is this the actual model number of the drives? Imprimis has continually upgraded the Wren-IV. Later revisions I have seen are 94171-327 and 94171-344. I think the latest model number is something like 94171-370. I don't want to scare you but there was a net and/or sun-managers discussion last year of certain early batches of Wren-IVs failing. Here in Reykjavik we certainly had our share "prematurely" failing Wren-IVs. Personally I would stay away from model number 94171-307. Perhaps someone who knows more could provide definitive info to this newsgroup. Bjorn R. Bjornsson brb@falcon.is
behm@zds-ux.UUCP (Brett Behm) (07/21/90)
In article <5278@darkstar.ucsc.edu>, ericz@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Eric Zamost) writes: > > I am planning to purchase some CDC-Imprimis Wren-IV SCSI drives > > CDC-Imprimis Wren-IV (94171-307) These are very durable drives. We have never had one fail even under some pretty hot conditions (like so hot you cannot hold onto the sides without gloves). As a note - make sure you enable track caching on the drive. The default as shipped is off. Why? I don't know because it speeds up serial transfer rates by a factor of 2. Brett Behm
Duel@cup.portal.com (Omid M Farr) (07/21/90)
I tried to get involved in a few "deals" like this but they dont seem to work most people are "interested" and not many serious buyers. But the prices you quote are pretty good, but I was able to pick up a CDC/Seagate 209 meg unformatted for $549. I got it from NCA Peripherals. (408-970-0286, 800-321-4003). I was lucky to get it reserved for a few days because during that time 5-6 people called for it. They also have 380meg hard drive 16ms for $799. They seemed to be a good deal also, but unlike the cdc are full height. (I probably would have picked one up if I had the extra money, though!) I havent had a chance to use the drive yet but it seems to be new (other than their 'test format', but you dont get the manuals or an attractive package with it..) I guess they got them for dirt cheap because the manufacturers dont give them anything but the drive. Instead, I got a copy of the OEM manual which is very technical. I would recommend them to anyone, great prices and the service was good also, just dont expect some great support from them.
bmwu@athena.mit.edu (Benson M. Wu) (07/24/90)
Several days ago Duel@cup.portal.com (Omid M Farr) posted a message stating that he was able to >> pick a CDC/Seagate 209 meg HD for $549. I got it from NCA >> Peripherals, (408-970-0286, 800-321-4003(CA only)) ... They also have >> a 380meg HD 116 ms for $799.... Well, I called up the company (National Computer Arts) today. They are out of the 380 Meg HD's and new ones won't arrive for another 2 weeks. Although they don't have a toll free number for out of staters, the telephone receptionist was very courteous, took my name down, and promised to call me when the HD arrives. I am interested only in external HD's. Here are the brands and prices: Manufacturer Size Access Time Price Micropolis 300Meg 18 ms $1099 Miniscribe 300Meg 16 ms $999 I have no experience with either of these drives or the manufacturers. I would appreciate any opinion from people who either have these drives or have experiences with these companies ( good or bad). I don't regularly read comp.periphs.scsi so please e-mail me at bmwu@athena.mit.edu. If you read this in Comp.sys.mac.hardware, feel free to post your opinion to the bulletin directly since I follow it fairly regularly. Thanks.
rc3h+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ross Ward Comer) (07/24/90)
Duel@cup.portal.com (Omid M Farr) writes: > ... are pretty good, but I was able to pick up a CDC/Seagate 209 meg > unformatted for $549. I got it from NCA Peripherals. (408-970-0286, > 800-321-4003). ... Ok, but will this work in my SE/30? In other words, what do I have to do to get this to work, besides taking out my current 40M drive and inserting this drive? And if it's complicated (ie requires extra hardware, rewiring, etc), is there a (relatively) cheap drive that's plug 'n play? Thanks! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ross Comer | ARPA: rc3h@andrew.cmu.edu PO Box 262, CMU | Bitnet: rc3h@andrew.cmu.edu Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213 | UUCP: ...!harvard!andrew.cmu.edu!rc3h ------------------------------------------------------------------------
urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs) (07/26/90)
In comp.periphs.scsi, article <4af5L4e00WB9I8nv1H@andrew.cmu.edu>, rc3h+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ross Ward Comer) writes: < Duel@cup.portal.com (Omid M Farr) writes: < > ... are pretty good, but I was able to pick up a CDC/Seagate 209 meg < > unformatted for $549. I got it from NCA Peripherals. (408-970-0286, < > 800-321-4003). ... < < Ok, but will this work in my SE/30? In other words, what do I have to < do to get this to work, besides taking out my current 40M drive and < inserting this drive? And if it's complicated (ie requires extra < hardware, rewiring, etc), is there a (relatively) cheap drive that's < plug 'n play? < It's mostly plug-and-play, except that you have to format the beast, install a partition table and a suitable driver. Two ways to do this: (a) browbeat the Apple driver into accepting that drive (non-trivial because it's not always a clean decision which of the hardwired product IDs to replace) or (b) buy SilverLining; it's very good and can do some neat tricks, including password protection, multiple volumes on the drive, resizing partitions (with _data_ on them...), speed testing, a real thorough find-and-map-out-bad-sectors tester, and lots more... -- Matthias Urlichs -- urlichs@smurf.sub.org -- urlichs@smurf.ira.uka.de Humboldtstrasse 7 - 7500 Karlsruhe 1 - FRG -- +49+721+621127(Voice)/621227(PEP)
alien@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Tom von Alten) (07/26/90)
I think if you have to ask...