malquistp@byuvax.bitnet (11/19/88)
Does anyone have experience with the Nova 40 or Nova 80 hard disks from Microtech? Their ads indicate they're a very fast drive (19 ms access time) and the price seems very good, especially with a 5 year warranty. I'd appreciate hearing about any experiences (positive or negative) with the company and with their hard disks. Thanks, Paul Malquist Bitnet: MALQUIST@BYUVAX Brigham Young University Internet: MALQUISTP@YVAX.BYU.EDU Academic Computer Facilities
lad@eplrx7.UUCP (lad) (11/21/88)
From article <275malquistp@byuvax.bitnet>, by malquistp@byuvax.bitnet: > Microtech? Their ads indicate they're a very fast drive (19 ms access time) > and the price seems very good, especially with a 5 year warranty. MicroTech drives are not sold with a 5 year warranty. It's an option they charge extra for. Try finding that information in one of their ads. /lad -- Lawrence A. Deleski | E.I. Dupont Co. uunet!eplrx7!lad | Engineering Physics Lab Cash-We-Serve 76127,104 | Wilmington, Delaware 19880-0357 MABELL: (302) 695-9353 | Mail Stop: E357-302
sage@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (David Martosko '91) (11/22/88)
In article <45@eplrx7.UUCP> lad@eplrx7.UUCP (lad) writes: >MicroTech drives are not sold with a 5 year warranty. It's an option they >charge extra for. Try finding that information in one of their ads. Actually, I bought a Nova 30 earlier this year, and it did come with a 5-year warranty...nothing extra to pay. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed herein are mine! All MINE!!! *heh* David Martosko E-mail:sage@eleazar.dartmouth.EDU Dartmouth College HB 2216 Phone:(603) 640-4753 Hanover, NH 03755
xxiaoye@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (11/22/88)
In article <11077@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> sage@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (David Martosko '91) writes: >In article <45@eplrx7.UUCP> lad@eplrx7.UUCP (lad) writes: > >>MicroTech drives are not sold with a 5 year warranty. It's an option they >>charge extra for. Try finding that information in one of their ads. > >Actually, I bought a Nova 30 earlier this year, and it did come with a >5-year warranty...nothing extra to pay. Well, Dartmouth made a deal with MicroTech, and sold the drives with the educational discount. For Nova 30, the price was about $605, with the five year warranty. LAD maybe right in saying that you have to pay extra for the warranty if you buy Novas on the market. In December MacUser, I saw an ad by Microtech in which they listed their Nova 30 at $569 (about) which is CHEAPER than the "educational price" that Dartmouth has right now. Well, I think the difference here is the FIVE YEAR WARRANTY, otherwise Dartmouth would have complained long time ago. I bought Nova 30 when Microtech first marketed it a year ago. I've been satisfied with its performance, which is about average. The only gripe that I had was its noise. HOWEVER, a friend of mine bought a Nova 30 recently, and I have noticed some SIGNIFICANT improvements: o Noise level is LOW, comparable to new SE fan. o The new drive weighs about one half of mine(very light) o Better software (well, which still sucks) o Elimination of several glitches here and there. The Nova Drives are cheap and reliable. I think that its 30 meg model is the cheapest on the market right now. Besides, its 30 meg model is actually 33 meg after formatting (unlike some 20 meg models which give you 18 meg after formatting). For people who wants to buy an average capacity drive, get Nova 30. Special Disclaimer: I am a student, and would love to be affiliated with MICROTECH (such as internship ...etc), but ... "VOX CLAMANTIS IN DESERTO" -- ahh, who else do I speak for! __________________________________________________________________________ Xiaoxia Ye Internet/Bitnet xxiaoye@eleazar.dartmouth.edu Dartmouth College UUCP: Xiaoxia.Ye@dartmouth.edu
ephraim@think.COM (Ephraim Vishniac) (11/23/88)
In article <11085@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> xxiaoye@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Xiaoxia Ye) writes: >In article <11077@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> sage@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (David Martosko '91) writes: >>In article <45@eplrx7.UUCP> lad@eplrx7.UUCP (lad) writes: >>>MicroTech drives are not sold with a 5 year warranty. It's an option they >>>charge extra for. Try finding that information in one of their ads. >>Actually, I bought a Nova 30 earlier this year, and it did come with a >>5-year warranty...nothing extra to pay. >Well, Dartmouth made a deal with MicroTech, and sold the drives with the >educational discount. For Nova 30, the price was about $605, with the >five year warranty. LAD maybe right in saying that you have to pay extra >for the warranty if you buy Novas on the market. >In December MacUser, I saw an ad by Microtech... At the bottom of that ad, in the fine print, it says, "The five year warranty is offered at no additional cost on hard disk drives sold and delivered in the United States or Canada. Certain restrictions and exclusions apply. Terms and conditions of the five year limited warranty available upon request." (December 1988 _MacUser_, page 215.) The ad gives the price of a Nova 30 internal as $479, external is $569. Another rumor dies an untimely death... Disclaimer: I have no connection with Microtech and I haven't the foggiest what the "terms and conditions" of the warranty actually are. Call them if you really want to know. Ephraim Vishniac ephraim@think.com Thinking Machines Corporation / 245 First Street / Cambridge, MA 02142-1214 On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?"