s4g@psueclb.BITNET (06/17/88)
I am looking to upgrade my Sider 10 meg drive to a 20 meg. I have been told
Advanced Tech. in Georgia makes the upgrade for FCP (First Class Peripherals)
. Has anybody out there done any buisness with this company, or had their
10 meg. Sider upgraded to a 20 meg. Any responses would be greatly
appreciated. I don't want to go out and spend $250 (approx.) for the upgrade
and find out that the company is a real rip off.
S4G@psueclbV505PDA4@UBVMSC.CC.BUFFALO.EDU (06/20/88)
As far as I know first class periperal drives are still handled by Xebec and they upgrade them as well. I had the unfortunate opportunity to deal with them recently. I called about repairing a drive and spoke to a rep who said that they would repair my drive for $250 and it would return as a 20 meg with new rom chips on the controller also. This sounded like a great deal as I really was not willing to pay $250 to repair the 10 meg. Well after 3-4 weeks I got the drive back and it was still a 10 meg. Needless to say I was a little miffed. I called Xebec and they said "well, we have no record of an upgrade." and of course I lost out, boy was I fuming, especially since another person overheard the conversation on my end over a speaker phone. Well, I will never agai again deal with those people. (Anyone want to buy a sider, cheap...) Jerome Schentag V505PDA4@UBVMS