Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 11:25:54 -0800 (PST)
From: "Steven M. Schultz" <sms@moe.2bsd.com>
Message-Id: <199803011925.LAA08986@moe.2bsd.com>
To: shoppa@alph02.triumf.ca, sms@moe.2bsd.com
Subject: Re: CD-ROM from SCO unlikely
Cc: pups@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au
Sender: owner-pups@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au
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Hi -

> From shoppa@alph02.triumf.ca Sat Feb 28 20:45:54 1998
> 
> Both a Webster ESDC (1 Megabyte cache, Hitachi DK512-12 ESDI drive) and
> an Andromeda SCDC (2 Mbyte cache connected to many SCSI devices, including an

	I tracked down an address and phone number for Andromeda Systems - they
	are real close to me (in fact I drive by them every visit to Fry's ;-))

    Andromeda Systems, Inc.
    9000 Eton Avenue
    Canoga Park, CA 91304

    818-709-7600 (voice)
    818-709-7407 (FAX)

	No mention of a WWW site though.  I'd imagine their boards, while
	very good, are quite expensive.  As much as I'd like a Zip drive
	on the 11/93 I can't see spending US$1-2k for a $139 disk drive :-)

> 2.  "find /usr -print > /dev/null" took 166.4 seconds on the WQESD+Hitachi
>     and 165.0 seconds on the SCDC+ZIP.

	WOW.  That is quite surprising.

> Steven was expecting to see a substantial hit due to the ZIP's access time,

	Quite so.  Especially on the 'find' which is almost pure 'seek' 
	operations.

	Wasn't there mention somewhere of a 200mb Zip?  I know there's the
	2gb Jaz drive now but haven't heard anymore about a larger Zip.  On
	the other hand there is the Syquest product line - they've a 135mb
	"zip like" (but not compatible) drive.

	Steven