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Xref: sserve comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:18279 alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus:34 comp.os.linux.hardware:2057 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5334 comp.os.os2.misc:125597 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!bubba.ucc.okstate.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!redstone.interpath.net!mercury.interpath.net!not-for-mail From: ctwilson@mercury.interpath.net (Tom Wilson) Newsgroups: io.general,io.computers,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.os2.misc Subject: Re: List of recommended hardware components Date: 9 Feb 1995 23:10:47 -0500 Organization: Interpath -- Public Access UNIX for North Carolina Lines: 21 Message-ID: <3hep07$d3m@mercury.interpath.net> References: <3g890k$cbl@ionews.io.org> <D3L92H.3MA@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <3h8gss$8o5@hptemp1.cc.umr.edu> <D3puIM.2E1@bonkers.taronga.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mercury.interpath.net In article <D3puIM.2E1@bonkers.taronga.com>, Peter da Silva <peter@bonkers.taronga.com> wrote: :In article <3h8gss$8o5@hptemp1.cc.umr.edu>, :Patrick Hall <phall@saucer.cc.umr.edu> wrote: :> Miniscribes were awful - I'm glad I don't see them anymore. The :>Seagate ST251-1's were fairly nice, at least IMHO. I just wish Priam were :>still around - didn't Seagate buy them? : :Priam got bought by Atasi and I think they ended up getting bought by :Maxtor. Now was it Miniscribe or Micropolis that ended up joining them :as Maxtor buy-outs about that time? Can't keep track of them all. You're right about Miniscribe...Maxtor got 'em...looks like I was wrong about Seagate getting Priam (oh well ;) -- /-----------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Tom Wilson | "I can't complain, but sometimes | | ctwilson@mer cury.interpath.net | I still do." | | | -Joe Walsh |