#670M SCSI for $550!
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For Sale: Maxtor 670 Meg Full High 5+1/4" SCSI Hard Drive. Used for
only a few months for a CDROM project that is now complete. Looking
to sell quick for $550 Will consider all serious offers.
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But I can get a half-height 1 gig drive *new* (with warranty) for only
a hundred-fifty more…
The prices asked are just that, not *everyone* may have the inside
contacts to get wholesale, and in the market I am currently in (here
in Austin) about $1 a meg is considered good/average. I based my
price on currently available drives here in Austin, not on good-buddy
deals or fly by ngiht mail order houses. This drive has functioned
flawlessly for this small project and is in like new condition and is
priced well below current retailers/wholesalers (I checked local
pricing at Dell Factory Outlet store as well as Compuadd).
Can you state what brand/size/warranty comes with this drive you know
about? I don't appreciated your poisoning the atmosphere by asserting
that I'm "price gouging" on this drive. I spent over $850 for it only
a few months ago and would like to recoup some of the investment. If
you have an offer I'd be happy to listen, but if you are simply
trying to ruin my business I'd appreciate your keeping the comments
to yourself.
I'm not talking wholesale prices — so far, I've only purchased
drives retail. I did buy two large drives last month.
Any number of brands, two to five year warranty, 1 gig, 3.5"
half-height. Buy Computer Shopper. While there may be fly-by-night
companies represented in there, it also contains reputable,
well-established companies. Examples of published retail prices for
*new* SCSI drives (many or all SCSI-II) from companies that I would
buy from:
Fujitsu 520 3.5 12ms $483
Fujitsu 1080 3.5 10ms $819
Toshiba 877 3.5 12ms $745
Toshiba 1.2g 3.5 ? $895
I've run across much cheaper, but don't have time to search out exact
pricing right now. As you can see, more like $.75/meg is what larger
new drives are now going for mail-order retail.
I'm sorry you paid so much just a few months ago, but prices are
still coming down (and heck, the prices above are two months old).
Further, the fact that the drive is full-height makes it a dog,
usually sold as surplus at surplus rates. (gig+ drives may be in a
different category re: full-hieght, but not 670M.)
I'm not trying to poison the atmosphere or to ruin your business. I
just don't think that your price is fair, and since it is publicly
posted, I thought I'd publicly post my opinion. As a public
service. And to give you the chance to tell me what is special about
this drive such that it is really worth so much.
I wouldn't make an offer on your drive myself, but I have several
local friends who've asked me to keep an eye out for used drives
larger than 500 meg. If I could get them one at used (rather than
new) prices…
you refuse to compare your price with mail-order houses. Yet, you
_are_ selling through mail order. I don't see the logic in this.
(Nothing heavy, no flames, just pointing out what I perceive to be an
odd statement)
As I have already sold the drive locally, the point here is moot. Oh
yes, I *did* get $500 for it, which is about what I thought it to be
worth more or less.
Dale –
> But I can get a half-height 1 gig drive *new* (with warranty) for only
> a hundred-fifty more…
Hmmm. Half-height, 1gig SCSI-II drive, *new* (with warranty, for $700 ?
Where? And what make?
. . . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
It was in Computer Shopper somewhere. Don't remember for sure where,
but I'm pretty sure that it was a Toshiba drive for $699…
Have you seen any comparison of large (600meg to 2 gig range) drives
in terms of quality, reliability, quirks with regard to use with
Amigas?
I use several of these kinds of drives (up to 3.6 gigs) and have NO
problems. Get yourself a quality controller and you're OK. Not to
mention you MUST have quality cables and interconnects. I sell lots
of drives so I like to get experience with various ones on different
Amiga configurations. If you have specific questions I'll try to
answer.
I haven't really seen any useful reviews. There are a couple of hints
though…
Look for warranty time and ignore MTBF. A two year warranty means
the drive can be expected to last at least two years. A five year
warranty means the drive can be expected to last at least five
years. I buy drives with five year warranties where is doesn't cost
an incredible amount more. I figure that the extra money is really
paid for higher quality, not for the equivalent of an "extended
warranty."
If you are planning to use the large drive on a Zorro-II controller,
don't worry about speed. The drive is probably as fast as your
controller.
If you are using an A3000 or A4000 (or, especially, an A4000T which
does SCSI a fair bit faster because of the motherboard (as opposed to
Z-III) controller), look for RPM, cache, and seek time. Many people
ignore RPM, but that is the important number for how fast you can
pull large blocks of raw data off the drive (it also affects seek
time and other speed measures).
I've been playing with a 2.4G half height 3.5 inch HD (Seagate
Barricuda II). Very reliable, very fast. On a 4000 with a Fastlane
SCSI II host adapter you're looking at about 4.5m per sec. I've been
playing with it with an Amiga-based non-linear editing system (not
Newtek's).
Steve, that sounds like Digital Broadcaster. If it is, could you give
some information on it, quality, software, etc. I've been looking at
it, but have not been able to talk to anyone who has actually used
it. Thanks Doug
First off … I am _not_ a video person, altho I am trying to come up
to speed quickly in that area for reasons that (hopefully) will
become self evident in the next few weeks/months.
I have played with the Digital Broadcaster 32 at my dealer's … he's
had one in stock for a couple of months. All I can tell you about it
is that, as a toy it is fun to play with. To me, it's nothing more
than a toy as is the Toaster. So, I'm afraid I can't give you any
useful insight into the unit.
I can tell you that I'm very suprised that, until Newtek's
announcement today of the Flyer, people were crying about there being
no non-linear editing available (Amiga based, that is). The DMI unit
has been available for over 3 months now — true, the software was
beta, but the hardware is stable, you got a $500 discount over
eventual price (as of today, DMI announced version 1.0 release
software and bumped the price $500 to $3995).
The DMI unit I played with is hooked up to an A4000, Fastlane SCSI II
host adapter, and a Barricuda II (2.4G) HD. The output was
impressive as h*ll _to me_ … but again, I am not a video person.
Thanks Steve (and Daniel, and Dale) for the big-drive info.
. . . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
Toshiba stopped making 3.5 inch drives months ago. Maybe a closeout
for that price, but I'll bet they're not in stock anymore. Brand new
high tech SCSI2 1Gig drives go for about $850. However I can often
get used or refurb'd for substantially less.
No offense (I've read the thread), but I will give $300
Sorry, the drive is sold.