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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Subject: Re: 1.2G internal Indigo drives?
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <1992Aug25.223426.7927@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 06:46:13 GMT
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- In <1992Aug25.223426.7927@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> philip@ziggy.stanford.edu (Philip Machanick) writes:
-
- | I am thinking of getting an R4000 Indigo and the cost difference between an SGI
- | 43M drive and a third party 1.2G internal drive is not great. I put this
- | possibilty to the sales person who told me that they had experience of people
- | blowing graphics boards as a result of too much heat from some models of 1.2G
- | drive.
-
- True; the Maxtor 1.2 Gb 3.5" drive is the worst offender on this; that
- sucker runs hot (but it also is quite fast)!
-
- There is no problem heat-wise with the IBM 1.2Gb 3.5" drive that we sell.
-
- | (The model I have been looking at is the 1.2G DEC drive from Andataco.)
-
- Could you comment further on the problems you have with that drive?
-
- I've had various people ask me about using DEC drives on the Indigo,
- and haven't been able to give them any info; not even the "a friend of
- a friend of somebody my sister knows says:" variety!
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- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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