Re: Disk Drives

Do you mean to imply that the folks in Rochester who wrote that microcode
wrote it for love, as opposed to being paid a salary?

Al - on the way from the NES conference in Framingham to Charlotte on
vacation for Easter,


Al Barsa, Jr.
Barsa Consulting Group, LLC

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914-251-1234
914-251-9406 fax

http://www.barsaconsulting.com
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From: Goodbar, Loyd (AFS-Water Valley) <LGoodbar@afs.bwauto.com>

> Also, keep in mind that AS/400s use SCSI type disks, not IDE type. Is
there
> a PC SCSI 17GB drive for $200? Also formatted differently (520-byte
sectors
> versus 512 on PC). Maybe more microcode on drive's controller board to
> support AS/400 communications.

microcode does not cost money
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