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From: ctwilson@mercury.interpath.net (Tom Wilson)
Newsgroups: io.general,io.computers,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: List of recommended hardware components
Date: 9 Feb 1995 23:10:47 -0500
Organization: Interpath -- Public Access UNIX for North Carolina
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Message-ID: <3hep07$d3m@mercury.interpath.net>
References: <3g890k$cbl@ionews.io.org> <D3L92H.3MA@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <3h8gss$8o5@hptemp1.cc.umr.edu> <D3puIM.2E1@bonkers.taronga.com>
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In article <D3puIM.2E1@bonkers.taronga.com>,
Peter da Silva <peter@bonkers.taronga.com> wrote:
:In article <3h8gss$8o5@hptemp1.cc.umr.edu>,
:Patrick Hall <phall@saucer.cc.umr.edu> wrote:
:>	Miniscribes were awful - I'm glad I don't see them anymore.  The
:>Seagate ST251-1's were fairly nice, at least IMHO.  I just wish Priam were
:>still around - didn't Seagate buy them?
:
:Priam got bought by Atasi and I think they ended up getting bought by
:Maxtor. Now was it Miniscribe or Micropolis that ended up joining them
:as Maxtor buy-outs about that time? Can't keep track of them all.

You're right about Miniscribe...Maxtor got 'em...looks like I was wrong
about Seagate getting Priam (oh well ;)


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|  Tom Wilson                       |  "I can't complain, but sometimes  |
|  ctwilson@mer cury.interpath.net  |   I still do."                     |
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