Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdcad.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!amdcad!phil From: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) Newsgroups: net.periphs,net.wanted Subject: Re: Question about disk drives Message-ID: <427@amdcad.UUCP> Date: Fri, 21-Dec-84 03:07:44 EST Article-I.D.: amdcad.427 Posted: Fri Dec 21 03:07:44 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 22-Dec-84 00:42:11 EST References: <213@psivax.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: AMDCAD, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 18 Xref: watmath net.periphs:612 net.wanted:5404 > We have a VAX-11/750 and are thinking of buying a new disl drive. > We would be interested in any information about the relative merits of > the DEC RA-81 and the Eagle drive. Thank-you. When I priced everything out (including our corporate discount from DEC), the RA-81 came out almost price competitive with the Fujitsu 2351 (eagle). There were rumors about the RA-81's reliability but those seem to have settled down. And at least your dollars won't turn into yen. (the megabytes and milliseconds seem comparable too) I guess the UDA is a power hog, don't know how important that is to you. I have personally used the eagle and like it, I will probably try the RA-81 in the near future. -- This could very well represent my opinion and AMD's. Phil Ngai (408) 749-5790 UUCP: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra}!amdcad!phil ARPA: amdcad!phil@decwrl.ARPA