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  1. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.aix-l
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet
  3. From: shair@barolo.cso.uiuc.edu (Bob Shair)
  4. Subject: Re: Optical Drives on RS/6000
  5. References: <1992Dec24.094735.1@quaker.admin.upenn.edu>
  6. Message-ID: <BzzICy.Iz0@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
  7. Sender: usenet@news.cso.uiuc.edu (Net Noise owner)
  8. Reply-To: shair@vnet.ibm.com
  9. Organization: IBM Champaign
  10. Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 19:34:09 GMT
  11. Lines: 40
  12.  
  13. gelhard@quaker.admin.upenn.edu writes:
  14.  
  15. >We are purchasing a RS/6000 and would like to attach a read/write optical drive
  16. >to it.  I am unfamiliar with manufactures of such drives.  Does anyone have any
  17. >suggestions?  Is there a more appropriate list for this question?
  18.  
  19. Suggest that you look first at the IBM 7209 optical disk drive.  The drive
  20. features the following:
  21.           o   Industry standard SCSI interface                             
  22.           o   Advanced technology that ensures high reliability and        
  23.               availability                                                 
  24.           o   Four-second cartridge load time                              
  25.           o   IBM rewritable cartridge compatible with ISO and ANSI standards
  26.           o   595MB per disk capacity using 512 byte sector media          
  27.           o   Up to 612 Kbytes/sec data transfer rate.                     
  28.  
  29. List prices are:
  30.  
  31.                                         Model/                            
  32.                                Machine   Feature    Purchase   Part        
  33.           Description          Type      Number     Price      Number      
  34.           Optical Disk         7209      001        $4,900                 
  35.           SCSI Controller                                                  
  36.            Cable                         2832          315                 
  37.           Device to Device                                                 
  38.            Cable                         3130           78                 
  39.           Integrated SCSI                                                  
  40.            Cable                         2833          195                 
  41.           SCSI-2 Controller                                                
  42.            Cable                         2836          195                 
  43.           Rewritable Optical                                               
  44.            Disk                                         **      49G7797
  45.          ** Contact your local 3M or LEXMARK dealer for current price.    
  46.  
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  49.  
  50. Bob Shair                          shair@vnet.ibm.com
  51. Scientific Computing Specialist    SHAIR@UIUCVMD (bitnet)
  52. IBM Champaign
  53.