Subject: Disks... (HP-IB v. SCSI cost?)
To: None <port-hp300@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Patrick Thomas <thomas@cps.cmich.edu>
List: port-hp300
Date: 02/01/1995 10:49:04
Hi,

  I've been keeping half an eye out on the 'net for either an HP-IB
disk (resonably sized) or a SCSI controller.  I've not really seen
any HP-IB drives, and the only reply I got regarding a SCSI controller
was from somebody who wanted $300 (yipes!).

  So, should I:
               1) Break the bank and assume that SCSI is worth $300
                  plus the cost of a disk & enclosure
               2) Keep looking for an HP-IB disk
               3) Forget it all and try to boot diskless off another
                  machine ;-)

The machine in question doesn't need to be blazingly fast, anyway, so
my big concern in this case is low cost, not (necessarily) performance.

Of course, if any NetBSD-ers might have a line on some of the above, I'd
be willing to entertain offers (or donations ;-).

Thanks,

   -- Patrick