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Need HELP on ESDI Hard Drive

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From: Albert Palmer
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1989 19:00
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I have a chance to buy a MaxtorXT4380E hard drive at a very good price.
This is a 380 meg 5 1/4 full size ESDI drive.  I know I can use the
Adaptec SCSI to ESDI board.  What I need to know is what kind of
transfer rate I'll get.  Does anyone know how much the Adaptec board
will slow down the transfer rate?  Also, will I be able to do normal
setup using the Supra host and format software?

I still have one of the Quantum 80Ss for sale.  This is a 84 meg 3 1/2 in.
drive with SCSI built in.  I'm asking $550 for the drive.  It is very
easy to hook this to the ST.  All you need is a case with P/S, host
adapter(Supra or ICD), and a short 50pin cable.

	Quantum 80S	$550
	Supra host	$100  	B&C Computervision  SantaClara,CA
	Case - P/S	$100	most electronic stores
	Cable		$ 10	(ask me nice and I will include one)

	total		$760

This is a super price for this much drive.  This is the fastest drive I've
seen hooked to the ST.  Blast gives me 18.7 pics per sec.  My Supra 20
does less than 6 pics per sec.  This is also a 18 msec. drive.

al palmer
(408) 992-0131  after 3pm
(408) 433-5588  ext. 378
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From: al@tolerant.UUCP (Albert Palmer)
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Subject: Need HELP on ESDI Hard Drive
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Date: 23 Mar 89 19:00:55 GMT
Organization: Tolerant Systems Inc., San Jose California
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