v.cc2%UCLA-LOCUS@sri-unix.UUCP (02/07/84)
From: Computer Club SDC <v.cc2@UCLA-LOCUS> I have had the unfortunate job of having to deal with Davong hard drives. These people have managed to give their dealers and the public more problems than you could possibly immagine. Take for example a 75% out of the box failure rate (this is a great improvement over their previous 90%-95% rate). If you happen to be lucky and get one that works, it probably won't stay that way for long since the average life of their controlers seems to be about 4-6 months (MTBF 700 hours). During the brief time that the stupid thing works, most people are using Davong's Multi-OS. That rotten piece of software (definately a piece of something) manages to trash files systems for no reason, give "Fatal MULTI-OS Error"s all over the place and give the mysterious messages like "Bug #3 encountered." I wonder how many of those there are? If you are considering hard drives, I would shy away from these unless you are doing a study on frustration! - Howard
bamford@ihuxw.UUCP (Harold Bamford) (02/10/84)
I have been running with a 12 MB Davong hard disc for almost a year and a half. It has yet to fail once. I have been using a Beta-test version of their Multi-OS software for about 10 months. The Beta-test version was not complete, but seems relatively bug free. I have been trying to get a production version of the Multi-OS for about 6 weeks and have yet to receive an answer, but there could be any number of valid reasons for this. Other than that, I am satisfied that Davong is putting out a quality product. Perhaps I am just lucky, but people should be aware that there _A_R_E satisfied users out here! -- Harold Bamford AT&T Bell Labs @ Naperville, Illinois (312) 979-0837 ihuxw!bamford