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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---------------------------------------------------------------------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.