Re: Maxtor 1.2Gb Disk

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From: George Ng
Date: Sun, 10 May 1992 17:12

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In article <1992May8.013848.25624@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes:
>rcl3r@helga2.acc.Virginia.EDU (Robert C. Lewis) writes:
>
>>Maxtor 1.2Gb disk for sale.
>>	P/N PO-12S
>>$2500 Market Price. (As advertised in SUN Expert)
>>$1500 Asking Price.
>
>The P0-12S is a 1.02GB drive, not 1.2GB.   Street pricing is about $2000 
>nowadays.  However, $1500 still sounds like a good price for it.
>Conor P. Cahill              (703)430-9247              uunet!virtech!cpcahil 
>Virtual Technologies, Inc.  46030 Manekin Plaza            Sterling, VA 22170 

The p012s might not exactly be a 1.2gb drive but it definitely isn't
"exactly" a 1.02gb drive.  From Maxtor's Panther info. sheet:

unformatted capacity = 1224 mb
typical formatted capacity = 1051 mb

I have one hooked up to my NeXT.  Beautiful drive.
gn
-- 
george ng		georgen@.utcs.toronto.edu (regular e-mail)
faculty of pharmacy	georgen@.phm.toronto.edu (NeXTMail)

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