Hard Disks for Unix PC

[C M Votava]

In article <405 at sdcjove.CAM.UNISYS.COM> john at cam.unisys.com (John Dempsey) writes:
>
>     Ideally what I would want is a list that shows me all of the hard 
>disks that can be used in the Unix PC.  The list should contain the 
>manufacture's name, model number, size of drive, access speed, and any 
>comments (i.e., price, the amount of noise the drive makes, reliability, 


John: Here you go!


Here are the latest updates as of: Mon Feb 22 12:34:17 CST 1988

Sorry, but I don't have any price information on these drives. The best
way to go about getting more info. is to call 1-800-555-1212 and ask for
the toll free number of the company that makes the drive. Then call them
and ask for any technical stuff you want (this way you get to talk directly
with the designers!), and ask for the closest retail outlet so you can call
and get a price.

The drives that I have "VERIFIED" next to are drives that I *KNOW* by
first had experience, or reliable second hand experience, have been simply
"dropped" into the machine as a replacement drive. An IMPORTANT point to
remember is that although all of the VERIFIED drives will work by dropping
them in the machine, you may have to perform some hardware upgrades to have
access to all of the space available on them. In particular this applies to
any disk with more than 1024 cylinders or 8 heads. If this is confusing, send
me mail and I'll go into more detail.

I'm sure there are more drives out there that can be verified, or that are
missing from this list. Please drop me mail if you can help me update this
list in any way.

Once again, here it is...

Model	Height	Size 		Ave Sk	Heads:	Record
		unformatted	time	Cyls	Method	Comments
=============================================================================
----------------------------CONTROL DATA-------------------------------------
FWCDC48	Full	48.20MBytes	28msec	5:925	MFM
94205-51 Half	51.__MBytes	28msec	5:989	MFM	VERIFIED (quiet!)
FWCDC85	Full	85.30MBytes	28msec	8:1024	MFM
94155-86 Full	86.__MBytes	28msec	9:925	MFM	VERIFIED
-------------------------DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP------------------------------
RD32	Half	51.__MBytes	48msec	?	?
RD52	Full	33.__MBytes	38msec	8:512	MFM	(Quantum)
RD53	Full	85.__MBytes	38msec	8:1024	MFM	(Micropolis1335)
RD54	Full	191._MBytes	38msec	?	?	(Maxtor2190??)
-------------------------------FUJITSU---------------------------------------
2243AS2	Full	86.__MBytes	30msec	11:754	MFM	Thanks joe!
2443T	Half	86.__MBytes	25msec	7:1185	MFM
-------------------------------HITACHI---------------------------------------
DK521	Half	51.40MBytes	25msec	?	?
-------------------------------MAXTOR----------------------------------------
XT1085	Full	85.30MBytes	28msec	8:1024	MFM
XT1140	Full	143.5MBytes	27msec	15:918	MFM
XT2190	Full	191.2MBytes	30msec	15:1224	MFM
-----------------------------MICROPOLIS--------------------------------------
1333A	Full	53.30MBytes	30msec	5:1024	MFM
1335	Full	85.30MBytes	30msec	8:1024	MFM
----------------------------MICROSCIENCE-------------------------------------
HH-1050	Half	53.35MBytes	28msec	?	MFM
HH-4050	Full	53.35MBytes	18msec	?	?
-----------------------------MINISCRIBE--------------------------------------
		**formatted**
		*****size***
3053	Half	44.00MBytes	29msec  5:1024	MFM	VERIFIED
3212+	Half	12.75MBytes	53msec	2:615	MFM
3425+	Half	21.40MBytes	53msec	4:615	MFM
3650	Half	42.25MBytes	61msec	6:809	MFM	VERIFIED
6032	Full	26.70MBytes	28msec	3:1024	MFM
6053	Full	44.60MBytes	28msec	5:1024	MFM
6085	Full	71.30MBytes	28msec	8:1024	MFM	VERIFIED (67MB total?)
---------------------------NEWBURY DATA INC----------------------------------
NDR1000	Full	65.__MBytes	25msec	?	?
NDR2000 Full	190._MBytes	28msec	?	?
--------------------------------PRIAM----------------------------------------
ID40	Full	51.10MBytes	28msec	5:981	MFM
ID45H	Half	53.20MBytes	28msec	5:1024	MFM
ID60	Full	71.50MBytes	28msec	7:981	MFM
ID130	Full	159.9MBytes	28msec	15:1024	MFM
519	Full	191.2MBytes	22msec	?	?
-----------------------------RODIME INC--------------------------------------
RO5090	Full	89.__MBytes	28msec	?	?
-------------------------------SEAGATE---------------------------------------
ST225	Half	25.60MBytes	20msec	4:615	MFM
ST251	Half	51.20MBytes	40msec	6:820	MFM	VERIFIED
ST251-1	Half	51.20MBytes	28msec	6:820	MFM	VERIFIED
ST4038	Full	38.20MBytes	40msec	5:733	MFM
ST4053	Full	50.90MBytes	40msec	5:1024	MFM
ST4096	Full	96.00MBytes	28msec	9:1024	MFM
=============================================================================

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