Re: Apple2 Archive Update

[uerics@mcl.ucsb.edu (Eric D. Shepherd)]

In <1rt04tINN6np@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu> jamesb@ecst.csuchico.edu (James L. Brookes) writes:

>In article <1993May1.035523.16326@news.weeg.uiowa.edu>
>snelson@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (Steven Nelson) writes:

>>If you have not decided on which brand of gigabyte drive to buy we would
>>recommend Seagates $995 3.5" gigabyte drive, as grind.isca.uiowa.edu has a 
>>empty 3.5" drive bay, saving you the cost of a case and cables. (ISCA will 
>>provide internal mounting brackets and cables free of charge)

>Hm, this sounds pretty good.  The extra $400 that was collected could go
>to drive maintanance...

I agree.  If we can go with the $995 drive, the extra money could go into
maintenance.  Perhaps we could find someone trustworthy to set up an
account so the maintenance fund could collect a little interest? :)


>Is the drive exactly 1 gig?  I don't think missing 400 megs extra would be
>a huge problem, personally.  Even if we give up 25%, 750 megs is rather a
>lot...

Yes -- especially considering that the original proposal was for only a
hundred meg or so. :)

>|          James Brookes            | Inet: bb252@cleveland.freenet.edu |


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