DEC DE3105 hard drive

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From: Jim Kieley
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 18:38

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Has anyone attempted to put a DEC DE3105 1.05 GB 3.5" drive internally in a  
NeXTstation?  For those that don't know, DEC is attempting to aggressively  
market these drives so they will be sopped up by the workstation market (e.g.  
SUN people).  These are fast SCSI-2 drives operating at 5400 rpm that can be  
purchased for under $1800 with a 5 year warranty.  I am assuming getting these  
to work in a NeXT will involve little more than disabling the SCSI-2 features  
via a jumper.  My concern is with the heat potentially generated by a 5400 rpm  
drive (presumably this is much greater than that generated by the 3600 rpm  
drives typically found in NeXTstations).  There have been reported problems  
with putting these drives in certain VAXstations without fans.  Since the  
NeXTstations have fans I am assuming the potential problems will be negligible,  
but you never know.  The CPUs in NeXTs have heatsinks so heat sensitivity must  
be a fairly serious consideration in the overall design.  Any experiences or  
comments are welcome.

jim kieley
jim@ptnext.claremont.edu

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