In the January '96 issue of The 3000 News Wire Ron Seybold recounts Ken
Paul's visit to DMD regarding the reliability of 2GB disc drives, at one
point Ron writes:
 
> Paul was following up on his notes and meetings as we went to press, but
it's clear
> the existing failure rate of the 2GB devices is here to stay.  HP has
stopped
> making the drives, but some are still being stocked by the Computer
Systems
> Organization for use in HP3000s.  Boise engineers have long since moved on
to
> designing 8.75 GB drives, while the Disk Memory Division is now
manufacturing
> new 4GB units just released to HP3000 customers last month.
 
Does this mean that 2GB drives will be dying a slow death -- or that they
will not be obtainable much longer?  Frankly, principally because of I/O
throughput considerations, 2GB is about as much as I'm willing to put on a
spindle.
 
So, Ron -- or anyone else -- what's the future hold for us when it comes to
disc drive capacities?
 
 -- Evan