New subject: PCB edge connector

26 Apr 2007

Rumor has it that Ethan Dicks may have mentioned these words:
...
 On 4/26/07, Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk at
yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>[1] I don't buy new stuff, not for PCs - not when the price drops so much for
>"previous generation". Unfortunately SCSI drives of 36GB and up don't
seem to
>be readily available. 
Well, a) this might be "wrong side of the pond" for you, and b) I'm not 
sure what you consider "cheap" but this place only has 633 in stock and 
ready to sell:

http://www.pacificgeek.com/product.asp?ID=39962&C=202&S=1005

Hitachi 36.9GB Ultra 320 SCSI 10000RPM HDD  --- $56.99 each.

IMHO, not a *horrible* price, and with some froogling (oops, I guess that's 
gone now) you might be able to find 'em cheaper...

...
 I got a few in 2003, cheap, but I'm not seeing
server drives as
abundantly as I used to.  The ones behind me are loaded with "SAS"
(Serial-attached-SCSI, AFAIK), so perhaps the days of SCA-connector
UltraWIDE SCSI drives are waning at last. 
Doubtful... at least not just yet, IMHO. I'd think there's still a lot of 
installations with 68/80 pin SCSI hardware - but with supply-n-demand, I 
doubt new drives will get cheaper - we're prolly at the point where they're 
going to start getting more expensive than the SAS & whatnot.

Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger

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