Drive speed [was: Re: [rescue] What sucks.]

[Michael Thompson]

>On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 08:33:19PM -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
>>   You've never seen a 5.25" full-height drive?  Why do I find that
>> difficult to believe?
>
>I had fun dissasembling an 8" rackmount (IPI?) hard drive I got with
>a VAXstation II back in '97.  (the shock-tolerance tattle was definitely
>all red).
>
>It took two weeks, fiddling with it when I was on the phone, had spare
>time, etc.  Talk about BEAUTIFUL.  Machined aluminum everywhere, etc.
>
>That drive ended up turning into clocks for most of the tech support
>staff, paperweights, etc.  It was just *pretty*.
>
>Bill

I have two 1.2GB 8" IPI drives in my sun 4/470 system. There is room for
two more.

Michael Thompson
E-Mail: M_Thompson at IDS.net