Re: tlug: Re: TLUG Server (Hardware)

["3Web - Jonathan" <jq@example.com>]

>As for IDE disks, if you can wait for shipping, I can get 8.4GB Maxtor
>Ultra-DMA EIDE drives for $332 (yeah, $332 for 8.4 gigabytes!).  I can get
>smaller ones for less, of course.  Has to be shipped from the USA, of
>course, but... I dare you to find a drive half that size for that price in
>Japan.


A Maxtor Diamond Max 2160 8.4 GB is actually right around that price in
Akihabara.  Average is around 45,000 yen, which is well under US$400, even
with 5% tax added.

Drives half that size are generally just a bit over half that price.

So, what do I win? :-)

Jonathan

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