Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!mcnc!unc!leech From: leech@unc.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Hard disk questions Message-ID: <2312@unc.cs.unc.edu> Date: Sat, 5-Dec-87 01:11:49 EST Article-I.D.: unc.2312 Posted: Sat Dec 5 01:11:49 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Dec-87 06:28:22 EST Reply-To: leech@unc.UUCP (Jonathan Leech) Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Lines: 20 Summary: Expires: Sender: Followup-To: Keywords: I wonder if the net could enlighten me on the subject of hard disk drives for AT compatibles? I'm planning to purchase an 80386 system soon, probably from Tandy. Their disk prices are absurdly high, so I've been poking around the trades looking for cheap mass storage. There appear to be several different types of controllers - ST506(?), RLL, ESDI. I would like to know what the differences are among the various models of controllers and what sorts of disks go with what controllers. In particular, I saw an ad in the current Computer Shopper offering a ST277R hard disk for $469. This appears to have a capacity of 65 Mb and AAT of 40 ms; information on this model would be appreciated, as would general advice on purchasing mass storage. Please send mail, don't post; I'll summarize if sufficient interest. -- Jon Leech (leech@cs.unc.edu) __@/ ``Thus Mathematics helps / our brains and hands and feet and can make / a race of supermen out of us.'' - The Education of T. C. Mits