dlt@csun.UUCP (Dave Thompson) (10/02/86)
Well, yesterday I exchanged the AST-2000 (w/tape backup) that I bought
the day before for the HD-20SC hard disk drive from Apple. It seems a
fairly nice drive, only slightly larger than the HD-20 (certainly
smaller than the AST-2000 whose tape drive drove me nuts--couldn't
format/initialize tapes). I don't know how it compares to other
drives (like the dataframe 20 that "everyone" seems to be buying),
but it seems as if Apple is trying for a rather odd sort of IBM
compatibility: IT IS LOUD!! -- reminds me of an (*ugh*) IBM PC XT.
( :-) ) I was certain that it was going to take off from the
surface of my desk last night. :-) Might try some padding under-
neath ... The noise may not be a problem in a not TOO quiet office
environment--at home, it drowns everything else out!!
Of course, I'm rather picky. If I can hear it at all, it's too loud.
I thought the HD20 was too loud. So was the HyperDrive. The IBM RT
is not to be believed!
It sure would have been nice if it had come with a cable/terminator--
but maybe there are people who are going to want more than one of them
and will require differing cable configurations/lengths. I wonder--
can I get a longer cable and hide the drive somewhere I can't hear it?
(like in the next room) :-)
Dave
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