[mythtv-users] 2 TB Hard Drive Recommendations

[Ben Kamen]

On 12/6/2010 6:26 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ben Kamen"<bkamen at benjammin.net>
>>
>>
>> I really wish SCSI hadn't gone so high in price like it did or I'd
>> have stuck with it.
>> It seems to me these days that SCSI is way out there rather than just
>> being worth a few extra bucks.
>
> "pretty much the same price"?
>
> I have never in my career seen a SCSI drive that didn't cost 4 to 6
> times per MB/GB what the equivalent sized MFM/RLL/IDE/SATA drive did,
> and I remember Micropolis, as well as the Tandon's, Miniscribes, Quantums
> and Connors.
>
> Where were you buying your drives?  :-)

I don't remember where. But honestly, they were just about the same price... I couldn't believe it either.

  -Ben

> (And here's a walk down memory lane, BTW: http://www.redhill.net.au/id.html)

I have an ST-251 and a couple others (I'll have to look) for my Atari 130XE.

I haven't spun them up in a long time. I'm kind of afraid -- but at the same time, have taken good care of them. Maybe one of these day's I'll set it all up and see how it fares.

  (crossing fingers)

  -Ben

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