Re: Apple2 Archive Update

[tbc@netcom.com (Mike Garvey)]

In a prior missive, snelson@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (Steven Nelson) eloquently
scribed this stuff:

>[...]
>
>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)
> 
>Brett Davis - macpd@isca.uiowa.edu, macpd@icaen.uiowa.edu

>[...]
>  
>So Apple2'ers.  There is the latest on grind.isca.uiowa.edu as a possible
>archive site.
>
>  --Steven Nelson             steven-nelson@uiowa.edu

I too am curious about what mechanism the "archive project" wishes to use.
I can second Brett's recommendation for the Seagate drive(s).  There are
actually THREE Seagate models that should fit just fine in that empty 3.5"
drive bay:

ST-11200N SCSI-2 Fast
ST-11201N SCSI-2 Fast Wide
ST-31200N SCSI-2 Fast

The 11200 and 11201 are 3.5" HH drives, while the 31200 is a 3.5" 1" drive.
Depending on the interface hardware at grind, you may or may not be able to
take advantage of the 11201's "Wide" feature.

Of course there's also 'ol reliable, the 5.25" FH Wren picked up from
Imprimis: 

ST-41200N (94601-1200) Wren 7 SCSI and SCSI-2

I also can recommend the new Quantum 1 GB drive.  I'm hesistant to
recommend other manufacturer's drives (especially Conner Peripherals)
because we've had less than satisfactory results/reports with drives in
this capacity other than Seagate (usually the 41200).

If anyone wants me to post some data-sheets on these Seagate drives, just
ask and I will be happy to oblige.

(Wanders off mumbling something about in fact we have a 41200 here that we
can be convinced to sell)

Be seeing you...
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