Cheaper winnies on an NCR tower

[Sam Vause]

In article <531 at prlhp1.prl.philips.co.uk> ockenden at prlhp1.prl.philips.co.uk (Paul T Ockenden) writes for someone else
:
:NCR Drives : A Plea for help.
:
:We have an NCR Tower 32/600 here. NCR being the *wonderful*
:people they are want about (UK#)4500 for a 140Mb drive. This sticks in
:my throat.
:
:First. Without going to an external cabinet, is there anyway of getting
:a bigger than 140Mb drive *INSIDE* the 32/600. We already have one 140Mb

Yes.  You would have to purchase the 650 upgrade kit which would give you
an internal SCSI controller, and the ability to add 170MB disks.

:and the 46Mb drive so we could say bye bye to the 46Mb, if we could boot
:on it.... or move the 140Mb into the 46Mb's place... All suggestions
:gratefully accepted.....
:
:Second. 4500 UK Pnds for a 140Mb drive is er... a little steep...

No kidding!  That's about US$7,425 at the moment, primarily due to the VAT
and other taxes in the UK, plus the sheer conversion rate difference (some-
thing like US$1.65 = UK#1.00 at the moment...)

:Does
:anyone know how to install a non-NCR drive into a 32/600 without 
:waking up at night cold and sweating. 

The design of the operating System disk interface code precludes the addition
of any non-approved disk into the TOWER.  The reason for this is *NOT* to 
inconvenience you as a customer, but to make sure that only *CERTIFIED* drives
are installed--the reliability of the machine and its data is the most impor-
tant issue here.  Drives this size *MUST* have an extremely high reliability
rating.

HOWEVER, having said this, I have seen Maxtor XT1140 drives for sale as low
as US$1595 in various "Computer Shopper" magazines.  NCR cannot be responsible
for the performance and reliability of drives purchased through a third-party
vendor.

:PS. These drives would have to take a hammering..... 

Don't they all--that's one of the advantages of purchasing one from us--we've
completed as much stress testing and evaluation as humanly possible.  Such
testing guarantees that the drives you purchase from us will be as reliable
as one could hope for.  Period.

:Thanks in advance
:
:                   DJ.
:Paul Ockenden  Philips Radiotheapy Systems, Crawley, UK  +44 293 28787 x 4349
:  UUCP - uunet!mcvax!ukc!prlhp1!ockenden  JANET - ockenden%prlhp1 at uk.ac.Ukc
:  Opions (where expressed), are those of Paul Ockenden the individual, NOT
:                    Paul Ockenden the Philips Employee !!

You're welcome!

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