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In article <442@cs.columbia.edu> djd@cs.columbia.edu (Daniel Duchamp) writes:
>
>Rumor has it that the CDC "Wren" disk is SCSI, is 720MB, and is in the
>neighborhood of $3000.  My questions:
>	1) How/where do I order them?  I've struck out looking
>	   through trade mags & The Computer Shopper.
>	2) What's the catch here?  Large capacity, less than $5/MB,
>	   SCSI ... it sounds too good to be true.  Was this price
>	   a short-lived promotion?  Do the disks break immediately?
>	   Do they make a lot of noise?  If you have some of these
>	   units, please give me testimony about their quality.

720MB would be a Wren VI.  Actually, $3000 is a little high, unless they're
throwing in an enclosure and power supply.  One of the local stores has
638MB Wren V's for $2495 w/o enclosure or power supply.

The price isn't anything special, just a good price.  If people are
paying more it's either because they buying some hand-holding from
the distributor, or they are fools.  CDC Wrens (III-VI) seem to be almost
bulletproof; I've yet to hear of anyone having a bad exprience with
one.  My Wren III has performed flawlessly for the few months I had
it and survived the recent 7.0 earthquake.  I paid $695 new for the 155MB
SCSI model.  If your enclosure has the front panels in places, they don't
make much noise, about average I'd say.

The local store I got mine at is called Corporate Systems Center, but
I'm not aware of them having any Wren VI's, so it must be some other
distributor that has the 720MB drives.  CSC is located in Sunnyvale, CA.
Their phone number is (408) 737-7312.

I have no relationship with them other than that of a satisfied customer.

-Jonathan