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In article <1992Nov20.011925.8782@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>, alan@nabeth.enet.dec.com (Alan Rollow - Alan's Home for Wayward Tumbleweeds.) writes:

>[ Quite a few follow-ups back Dennis Gray Jr. started a thread on
>  support from Digital Equipment Corporation.  Along the way he
>  mentioned a mysterious $10,000 disk drive. ]
>
>A year ago, I can imagine that some of our 1 GB disk drives may
>have cost that much.  Six months ago it may have still been possible
>though unlikely for just a basic drive.  Today I looked our price
>list and all the 1 GB drives we sell and produced the following
>summary:
>
>RF72    +R215F expansion enclosure      10,475.00
>RZ57    +R23RZ-CS Rack                   9,300.00
>RA72    Removable                        7,800.00
>RZ57    Removable                        6,300.00
>RZ57    in Storage Expansion box         5,000.00
>
>RF72    Basic                            3,575.00
>RA72    Basic                            3,475.00
>RZ26    Basic                            2,850.00
>RZ57    Basic                            2,250.00
>
>Yes, we still have a $10,000 disk drive.  But that includes a
>cabinet for (and power supply, cables, etc).  There's a variation
>of that particular subsystem that includes a controller.  For
>base drives the prices are more reasonable and probably what
>the people that set prices think enough customers are willing
>to pay.
>
>If Mr. Gray is still with us, I'm curious exactly what 1 GB
>drive was quoted at $10,000?  As can be seen from my list,
>there is a lot variation available.
>
>--
>Alan Rollow				alan@nabeth.cxo.dec.com

I just looked in my latest pricelist from DECdirect (2 weeks old), the basic
RZ57 is listed as 37440 NKr. On this price we get 13%, but have to add 20%
sales tax. The price is thus 39087 NKr or about 6000 US$... Somehow this drive
seems to be more expensive around here!

-psi

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