nsw@cord.UUCP (N Weinstock) (06/11/88)
Howdy, net folk. I have suddenly been offered a sweet deal on a Seagate ST157N, so now I am quite upreparedly in the market for a SCSI hard disk controller for my B2000. I would like DMA and autoboot capability, and the ability to mount the drive hard-card style would be a plus. I am first considering the Pacific Peripherals Overdrive, which seems to meet all my requirements and is nicely priced to boot (no pun intended). Abel advertises it for just under $200 (list $249, I think). Then there's the Microbotics Hardframe/2000, which seems pretty darn similar, but somewhat more expensive (list $329, don't know what I could get it for). Naturally, I would like to hear from anyone who owns either of these regarding the overall quality (any defects?), the performance, and quality of the software and documentation. I would also like to know about Pacific Peripherals, the company. Are they a good reliable company? I would tend to lean towards their controller (since it's cheaper and does everything I want) but I really don't know much about them. Do they have a good reputation for quality/customer service/etc.? Thanks in advance as usual. If you feel the information would be useful to the net at large then post it, otherwise just send me e-mail and I'll summarize to the net if appropriate (which assumes I get any responses at all to this...) .- -- .. --. .- .-. ..- .-.. . ... .- -- .. --. .- .-. ..- .-.. . ... | Neil Weinstock | ihnp4!cord!nsw | "I think my cerebellum just | | AT&T Bell Labs | nsw@cord.att.com | fused." - Calvin | .- -- .. --. .- .-. ..- .-.. . ... .- -- .. --. .- .-. ..- .-.. . ...