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Article #373Re: Need info about CDC Wren hard disks
From: Mark Bradley
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1989 17:00
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1989 17:00
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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. > I am djd@cs.columbia.edu. Try looking for Imprimis drives instead of CDC. You should be able to find these at your local distributor, or call Imprimis in Oklahoma City for the name and # of your local rep. markb -- Mark Bradley "Faster, faster, until the thrill of I/O Subsystems speed overcomes the fear of death." Silicon Graphics Computer Systems Mountain View, CA 94039-7311 ---Hunter S. Thompson ******************************************************************************** * Disclaimer: Anything I say is my opinion. If someone else wants to use it, * * it will cost... * ********************************************************************************
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!decwrl!sgi!markb@denali.sgi.com From: markb@denali.sgi.com (Mark Bradley) Newsgroups: comp.periphs Subject: Re: Need info about CDC Wren hard disks Summary: Imprimis, not CDC any more. Message-ID: <44529@sgi.sgi.com> Date: 13 Nov 89 17:00:37 GMT References: <442@cs.columbia.edu> Sender: markb@denali.sgi.com Distribution: usa Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 28