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- From: alan@nabeth.enet.dec.com (Alan Rollow - Alan's Home for Wayward Tumbleweeds.)
- Subject: Re: DEC Support?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.011925.8782@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>
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- Sender: alan@nabeth (Alan Rollow - Alan's Home for Wayward Tumbleweeds.)
- Reply-To: alan@nabeth.enet.dec.com (Alan Rollow - Alan's Home for Wayward Tumbleweeds.)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <DGRAY.92Nov16133448@menudo.uh.edu> <1992Nov16.235148.9336@eco.twg.com> <1992Nov18.054500.2450@csrd.uiuc.edu> <1992Nov19.121523.8216@brt.deakin.edu.au> <DGRAY.92Nov18233610@menudo.uh.edu> <MORSE.92Nov19085839@quark.mpr.ca> <DGRAY.92Nov19123758@menudo.uh.edu> <BxzBFC.45x@world.std.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 01:19:25 GMT
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- [ Quite a few follow-ups back Dennis Gray Jr. started a thread on
- support from Digital Equipment Corporation. Along the way he
- mentioned a mysterious $10,000 disk drive. ]
-
- A year ago, I can imagine that some of our 1 GB disk drives may
- have cost that much. Six months ago it may have still been possible
- though unlikely for just a basic drive. Today I looked our price
- list and all the 1 GB drives we sell and produced the following
- summary:
-
- RF72 +R215F expansion enclosure 10,475.00
- RZ57 +R23RZ-CS Rack 9,300.00
- RA72 Removable 7,800.00
- RZ57 Removable 6,300.00
- RZ57 in Storage Expansion box 5,000.00
-
- RF72 Basic 3,575.00
- RA72 Basic 3,475.00
- RZ26 Basic 2,850.00
- RZ57 Basic 2,250.00
-
- Yes, we still have a $10,000 disk drive. But that includes a
- cabinet for (and power supply, cables, etc). There's a variation
- of that particular subsystem that includes a controller. For
- base drives the prices are more reasonable and probably what
- the people that set prices think enough customers are willing
- to pay.
-
- If Mr. Gray is still with us, I'm curious exactly what 1 GB
- drive was quoted at $10,000? As can be seen from my list,
- there is a lot variation available.
-
- --
- Alan Rollow alan@nabeth.cxo.dec.com
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