query: new disk drive for VAX

[Henry Spencer]

In article <10199 at eddie.MIT.EDU> nessus at athena.MIT.EDU (Doug Alan) writes:
>Why spend big bux on SuperEagles when you can get 800 Meg, high speed
>5.25-inch Winchesters these days for $3,300 each?

Reliability.

Actually, I would probably prefer to buy one of Fujitsu's newer (physically
smaller) disks, like the Swallow, rather than a Super Eagle.  But buying
disk drives on capacity and price alone is a serious mistake.
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