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Re: FS:.Solid State SCSI Hard Drives, special order only!

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From: Richard Sexton
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 00:00
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In article <4poam7$1ot8@news.gate.net>, James Porter <JFPORTER@gate.net> wrote:
>>I'm not defending the original poster's prices (they're usually a 
>bit high), 
>>but a pile of RAM and a UPS is *NOT* a substitute for a solid state 
>drive. 
>>Simply because you have no idea what good it would be, or have no 
>use for it 
>>(*very* few people do), doesn't make it not worth the cost. Try 
>strapping your 
>>system to a Formula one car or F117 with a data capture system, a 
>UPS, and a 
>>pile of RAM. The system drive won't make it past the first turn. 
>There *are* 
>>uses for these drives.
>
>
>I can live with these comments.  In the area of solid state I am one 
>of few vendors carrying them.  I would be surprised if I was high on 
>these since I just updated prices on them the day before I posted.
>

To people who understand the technology and can use such specific devices
these are good deals.

Hang in there, don't be deterred by the hobbyists with PC's who 
do not understand how computer systems worked before
Abort, Retry Fail ?

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From: richard@interlog.com (Richard Sexton)
Subject: Re: FS:.Solid State SCSI Hard Drives,  special order only!
Date: 1996/06/15
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