nrf@hropus.UUCP (Neal R. Fildes) (12/23/88)
Thanks to those who responded to my request for info on 100MB drives.
The responses follow in short form for your information.
Thanks.
N.R.Fildes
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From likewise!uunet!uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu!bmartin
Organization: University of Hawaii
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I'd stay away from Jasmine. In my experience, they are extremely hard to
reach via telephone for tech support. I finally sold my Jasmine drive,
a CDC WREN III, and bought a MicroNet. I'd look at two factors: who
manufactured the drive, and who wrote the driver software. MicroNet
is now selling the CDC Imprimis drive, which has an excellent reputation.
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From whuts!att!ihlpm!dcn Fri Dec 16 08:35:36 1988 remote from homxb
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I got mine from Open Mac, which turned out to be a Rodime drive, and for a
good price. The first one they sent never managed to boot, but the second
works fine. They come with about 10MB of stackware of varying quality and
usefulness. I haven't been able to get their backup software to work.
Dave Newkirk, att!ihlpm!dcn
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From sun!portal!cup.portal.com!David_Anthony_Guevara
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I have a Jasmine DD100 that has given me no problems. I shopped around
for awhile before finally settling on the Jasmine. Two year limited warranty
over 10MB of PD/Shareware software and it comes with SUM, Redux, Mactree and
a whole bunch of demo software. Overall it was a very good deal. I got it
from ComputerWare in Palo Alto for around $1250. Hope this helps!
Dave Guevara
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From whuts!att!ihlpf!straka
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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I have a Jasmine DD70, and am quite happy with it. (~3 months)
Rich Straka att!ihlpf!straka
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>From ihlpf!straka
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The noise level is not objectionable. (DD70) The noise is a low-level whine
and rushing. However, as I am not a fan of noise, I have a 15ft SCSI cable on
it, and it is sitting sideways on a shelf at floor level to make it quieter.
The seeks are almost inaudible (much different from 1st-generation
stepper-actuated drives). You really have to concentrate to hear them.
Rich
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N.R.Fildes, AT&T Bell Labs, 201-615-4232, opus!nrf / nrf@hropus.ATT.COM