dms@whiskey.USWest.COM (03/04/90)
As promised, below lists the responses in regards to my rfi on Conner drives. Any more input from the folks on the net (is) will be appreciated. I'm still looking for the right drive using this mechanism. Thank you - Don --------------------------------------------------------------------- From: gjh@tybalt.caltech.edu (Greg J. Hiscott) To: dms@uswest.com Subject: Re: Conner Disk Drives - RFI Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Regarding your impending Hard Drive Purchase. Give I.C.S. a call. They have excellent prices on external SCSI drives. They are in Valencia CA, (805)257-6900 They have 20,40,80,150,340 Megabyte drives. Good Luck. -- +-------+ Greg Hiscott gophers = gophers - 18; |+-----+| gjh@ligo.caltech.edu From: Alex Pournelle <grian!alex@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> Subject: Conner drives 1. Has anyone had positive experiences with these devices when used with the MAC SE, SE/30 or MAC +? We install 'em all the time; it's necessary on old Mac Pluses to cut pin 40 of the cable. Otherwise, they're swell. 2. Has anyone used a Conner device which was sold by ClubMac or other mailorder company? I'm looking for specific information on the 105mg. Drives but will look at anything from 60-105mg. Internal 100Mbyte: $725. External: $825. Fully tested, warranted, etc.; we use a nice case with a built-in handle. Mainly, we do local stuff, but we'll sell to knowledgeable users. Unfortunately, we'd have to sell you SilverLining if you don't have your own pet formatting software; the Mac software just doesn't recognize this drive otherwise! That's $150 (bummer, I know); we'll discount it to $100 if you buy it with a drive. Hacking the Apple driver is another possibility, but I'm not very willing to provide tech support on someone else's (modified) software! I'm looking at the external drives specifically and would like comment on quality, drive construction, etc. Well, we wouldn't sell 'em if we didn't believe they worked; since we are primarily a data-recovery company (keep us handy!), we only sell what we think will work. Alex Pournelle Workman & Associates 1925 East Mountain Street Pasadena, CA 91104 (818) 791-7979 Lost the responder on this edit- opps. Subject: Re: Conner Disk Drives - RFI In article <5927@uswat.UUCP> you write: >I have two basic questions I wish to ask about Conner Drives. > >1. Has anyone had positive experiences with these devices when >used with the MAC SE, SE/30 or MAC +? I just bought one for my Mac + > >2. Has anyone used a Conner device which was sold by ClubMac or >other mailorder company? I'm looking for specific information on >the 105mg. Drives but will look at anything from 60-105mg. I got the 105Meg External from ClubMac. > >I'm looking at the external drives specifically and would like >comment on quality, drive construction, etc. It's fine. There's nothing exciting about it, but there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it either. It uses 50pin SCSI connectors, came with a 25pin to 50pin connector for the Mac, and uses dip switches to set the SCSI id. Came with a piece of formatting software. Has a fan, so it makes some noise, but no more or less than some other drives I've used. The size is appropriate for sitting under the Mac + or SE. Has a power light and an "in-use" light. I've only had mine about 3 weeks, so I can't really speak to the reliability... > >Please respond to mail, if I get a large amount of input I will >summarize. > >Thanks to all who reply. > >Don Suiter >dms@uswest.com