n8742883@unicorn.WWU.EDU (Perry Pederson) (07/28/90)
As I continue my quest for the *perfect* hard drive, I did some calling around and was surprised to find that a mail order company by the name of MicrOtyme is selling fully functional out-of-the-box (i.e. no assembly required) hard drives for very low prices. The brand of the hard drive is called "MicrO", which would make me assume that the hard drives are actually built by the mail ordering company itself. I was wondering if anyone has purchased "MircO" hard drives, and if so, I'd like to know how well they work. I called up a sales clerk, and made her swear on the bible that the Micro drives do not require assembly or any additional parts or labor. The prices: $529 for 50 MB (The next cheapest (non-atari) drive I could find was a Supra drive, $499 for 30 megs) $599 for 65 MB, and $659 for 85 megs! With $130 difference between a 50 megs and 85 megs, I plan on purchasing the 85 meg drive next month. I plan to run my Spectre GCR on it, as well. Anyone out there have any comments / opinions about this drive? Thankx, Perry Pederson n8742883@unicorn.wwu.edu
vanleeuw@udcps3.cps.udayton.edu (James Van Leeuwen) (08/03/90)
In article <1261@unicorn.WWU.EDU> n8742883@unicorn.WWU.EDU (Perry Pederson) writes: >As I continue my quest for the *perfect* hard drive, I did some >calling around and was surprised to find that a mail order company >by the name of MicrOtyme is selling fully functional out-of-the-box >(i.e. no assembly required) hard drives for very low prices. > >The brand of the hard drive is called "MicrO", which would make me >assume that the hard drives are actually built by the mail ordering >company itself. > >I was wondering if anyone has purchased "MircO" hard drives, and if >so, I'd like to know how well they work. I called up a sales clerk, >and made her swear on the bible that the Micro drives do not require >assembly or any additional parts or labor. Perry, I own one of them and it's great! She didn't lie, no assembly required. They format and partition it for you and it comes in a shoebox style case. I've taken it apart once and all they do is take an ICD Host Adapter and attach it to a Seagate mechinism. After about a year, I've had no problems at all (I have one of the first ones). I just found out that they have a 44MB Syquest removable drive for $799, yes, $799 complete. Additional cartridges are $99 at the time of purchase or $109 later. Jim -- "We didn't start the fire, / ___/_ Jim Van Leeuwen it was always burning / / / \ The University of Dayton since the world's been /___/__/ / UUCP: vanleeuw@udcps3.cps.udayton.edu turning..." --Billy Joel /______/ GEnie: JVAN