Re: 160Gb IDE Drives...

["steve" <steve@xxxxxxx>]

I was lost on that one too.

Have you checked the computerfairs, I am sure I saw something at the last
one I went to, I would normally go to one today, so I could of checked it
for ya, but (un?)fortunately, I am off to canada on the 2nd of jan for 11
days of skiing fun! :)

Seya

Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Harris <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 12:12 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] 160Gb IDE Drives...


>
> Huh?
>
> Sorry Tim ... I think you have picked up on a different point to the
one
> I was asking about. I have had LVD / Ultra160 SCSI drives before in my
> machines and have turfed them out in favour of the much
cheaper-per-gig
> IDE's.
>
> What I'm trying to find out is whether anyone has ordered and received
> one of the 160Gb ATA133 Maxtor IDE drives ... As I said, a friend has
> had one on order for over a month now and he is still waiting for one
> and I'm trying to find out whether the reseller (eBuyer) is just being
> crap or whether these drives are simply not available.
>
> The only reason for moving to ATA133 with these drives is so that the
> full 160Gb can be addressed rather than the first 137Gb only.
>
> Again appologies if I was misleading with my original mail mate but I
> didn't mention data bandwidth or anything ... I just wanted to know if
> the supplier was being crap or whether the items were really that
> scarce.
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Timothy Morris [mailto:timothy.morris@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 30 December 2001 05:42
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] 160Gb IDE Drives...
> >
> >
> > No, but I've got a u160 and a u320 SCSI drive in my computer
> > - trouble is you can't get u320 controller cards yet so I am
> > limited to 160Mbps.
> >
> > I wouldn't worry about it too much Phil, as even with 10,000
> > RPM discs (which mine are) you don't get more than around
> > 55Mbps off the disc. The main use is in servers where you
> > have multiple discs installed.
> >
> > Liken it to a LAN where although the total speed of the LAN
> > is 100Mbps, you tend not to get 100Mbps transfer rates
> > between two machines.
> >
> > Tim.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 30 December 2001 01:06
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] 160Gb IDE Drives...
> >
> >
> > Has anyone actually ordered *AND RECEIVED* a 160Gb ATA133 IDE
> > drive yet?
> >
> > A friend has had one on order for several weeks now from
> > ebuyer and they don't seem to be supplying ny useful
> > information as to when they should arrive.
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
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