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From: sl14@crux5.cit.cornell.edu (S. Lee)
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Subject: Re: List of recommended hardware components
Date: 6 Feb 1995 00:15:53 GMT
Organization: Nekomi Institute of Technology
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In article <3glt8q$2vc@gate.sinica.edu.tw>, Carmay Lim <taob@io.org> wrote:
>    This is pretty close to what my short list looks like (I deleted the
>individual prices before posting):
>
>  * Seagate ST5660N, Fast SCSI-2, 540 megabytes  [$327.74]

Can't say about the others, but I'd say getting a 850Mb EIDE HD for less
money would be a better move.  Or perhaps you can find a cheaper SCSI HD?
$300+ for 540M is too expensive.

Stephen