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From: richard@viewp.demon.co.uk (Richard Chapman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Seeking advice on new system purchase
Date: 24 Dec 1996 01:09:11 GMT
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Tony Porczyk (tporczyk@best.com) wrote:

: Christmas season is right ahead of us, and it's time to reward oneself,
: so I'm planning a purchase of a new box to run primarily FreeBSD.  While

: 4. I was attracted by the low price of IBM SCSI 2 GB 32160 drives.  Are
:    they any good?

I have just installed 4 of them;

 3 for use in our office. All attached to IBM RS/6000

 1 at a customer site, also on a RS/6000

I have had no problems with them at all.  They have fast transfer rates 
and low access times. I would recomend them.


Richard

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