TMPLee@DOCKMASTER.arpa (01/08/88)
Tnx for your comments on the CMS drive. Do I gather from what you say that it is noticebly faster than the Sider? (you didn't say so explicitly, but thats what I think you meant.) I gather also that you bought it direct from CMS; any comments from anyone on the dangers of buying something that expensive by mail rather than from a local dealer whom in principle at least has an obligation to keep you happy and provide service? (I guess there are two parts to the answer to that: mail order could either be direct from the manufacturer or from one of the discount places that advertize in the mags.) TMPLee@Dockmaster
tsouth@pro-pac.cts.COM (Todd South) (01/08/88)
In Message --> <880107162337.826778@DOCKMASTER.ARPA> >Tnx for your comments on the CMS drive. You're welcome... >Do I gather from what you say >that it is noticebly faster than the Sider? (you didn't say so >explicitly, but thats what I think you meant.) I gather also that you >bought it direct from CMS; any comments from anyone on the dangers of >buying something that expensive by mail rather than from a local dealer >whom in principle at least has an obligation to keep you happy and >provide service? Sorry, guess I left out a few things there. Yes it is considerably faster than the Sider ][, but Sider now has a chip that allows the old Siders and Sider ][s to operate at a considerably faster rate, so I could not honestly tell you just what the difference in speeds is at this time, since I still have the old Sider ][ hard drive, and not a new one. >the discount places that advertize in the mags.) >TMPLee@Dockmaster I may get flamed for this but I don't care since a good flame helps your opinions every now and then. You or anyone else that buys a harddrive or any major piece of equipment from a mail order service that is NOT in-STATE is a fool as far as I am concerned. This opinion of mine has been fostered from living in Japan for three years and being screwed over royally by a _number_ of so-called mail order houses. (Please note this is my opinion and not that of any of my employers, even though they have been screwed over by mail-order, also!) I bought the hard drive through the Heath/Zenith store, adn highly recommend them versus any other for prices (at least in Hawaii). The people at (excuse my profanity) Computerland/Hawaii have some wierd ideas about selling computers to home users, so I got lucky. Check Heath/Zenith if there is one near you, as they are authorized dealers for CMS hard drives. (Please note, I am in no way associate with Heath/Zenith, other than the fact that I really like and appreciate the way the guys here in Hawaii seem to care about their customers after the buck has been passed!) Todd South P.S. DOCKMASTER I see that you also emailed me a copy of this but I never received it. Could be that our lines don't connect. Please try again. +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Todd South : Ewa Beach, HI. | The more I drink,| | Uucp: crash!pnet01!pro-simasd!pro-pac!tsouth | The more all this| | Pacific Proline (808) 499-2831 -1007 2400bd | makes sense... | +------------------------------------------------------------------+
nazgul@pro-angmar.UUCP (System Administrator) (01/08/88)
I bought my Mac drive direct from them and have had no problem at all.
They've been very helpful over the phone, and very quick about dealing with
problems (and none of the problems were their fault either, mainly Mac ][
program disasters).
-nazgul