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- From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Quantum 420's
- Message-ID: <64428@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 22:07:22 PDT
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <1992Aug21.225842.7021@CS.ORST.EDU>
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- In article <1992Aug21.225842.7021@CS.ORST.EDU>
- evermic@prism.cs.orst.edu (M.BiSON) writes:
-
- | I am getting a quantum 420, and I am interested in experiences people
- | have had with this drive. It seems some quantum HD's have some trouble..is
- | the 420 one of them? or does it work great? Btw, what is its ms rating?
-
- "ms rating"? It doesn't have one, since there is no such drive as a
- Quantum 420.
-
- If, however, you're referring to the Quantum 425S, then its published
- rating is 9mS.
-
- It's a nice drive. Even Hewlett-Packard uses them as the "default" drive
- for their latest line of RISC "Snake" (HP-9000/700 series) systems. I use
- them on my Sun systems (both Sun-3 and Sun-4); their performance is so good
- it makes the machines operate like greased lightning.
-
- Wonder why you're getting a refurbished unit, though. Brand new ones, with
- full manufacturer 2 year warranty, go for $940, quantity one, in consumer
- stores in Silicon Valley.
-