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Xref: sserve comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:18986 alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus:127 comp.os.linux.hardware:2562 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5499 comp.os.os2.misc:127316 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!redstone.interpath.net!mercury.interpath.net!not-for-mail From: ctwilson@mercury.interpath.net (Tom Wilson) Newsgroups: 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: 16 Feb 1995 22:43:35 -0500 Organization: Interpath -- Public Access UNIX for North Carolina Lines: 23 Message-ID: <3i1617$929@mercury.interpath.net> References: <3g890k$cbl@ionews.io.org> <3heor3$cs2@mercury.interpath.net> <3hgl1n$6i1@mirage.skypoint.com> <3ho9kd$9ii@hpscit.sc.hp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mercury.interpath.net In article <3ho9kd$9ii@hpscit.sc.hp.com>, Danny Low <dlow@ppg01.sc.hp.com> wrote: :Mark Holden (vector@skypoint.com) wrote: [...] : :This is not quite correct. HP has a division (Disk Memory Division) that :makes disk drives. HP also has many divisions that use disk drives :in their products. The HP divisional structure means DMD :must compete with external drive makers such Seagate and IBM for :the business of the HP divisions that use disk drives. So that is :why when you buy a drive from HP intended for a HP computer system, :you SOMETIMES get a Seagate or IBM drives rather than HP drives. HP will also sell workstations with other than HP drives. My current workstation (my old workstation had CDC's) arrived with a pair of Quantums. Our techies prefer to replace them with HP drives...they say they last quite a bit longer. -- /-----------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Tom Wilson | "I can't complain, but sometimes | | ctwilson@mercury.interpath.net | I still do." | | | -Joe Walsh |