Subject: Re: Hardware: HDDs
To: Mathew Henson <mh5u+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU>
From: Tim Shoppa <shoppa@alph01.triumf.ca>
List: port-vax
Date: 09/09/1997 11:31:20
> Sorry if this is slightly off netBSD--anon it shouldn't be.  
> 
> Anyone know a source for good ESDI drives?  Out of four I have for two Vax
> 3200's, three have gone belly up in the last week--as luck would have it,
> just at the moment I was investigating replacing Ultrix with netBSD.

Computer recyclers (http://www.comp-recycle.com/) have CDC 150 Meg ESDI
drives for US$25 each.

CCI (http://www.commodityinc.com/csprod3.htm) has several ESDI drives
listed.  Far and away the best value are the Hitachi DK512-12's,
1.2GB ESDI drives for US$115 each.

Tim. (shoppa@triumf.ca)