korfhage@CS.UCLA.EDU (04/05/88)
We are thinking about buying the 80 MB internal model for the Mac II and
would appreciate hearing about other's experiences.
Willard Korfhage
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I have a CMS-80, its been running non-stop (24Hrs a day) since December 22,1987
and have had no problems. Its a nice drive. With drive prices falling
through the floor tho' it might be better (and cheaper!) to get the
CMS-300i (300Mb)... after all if you're gonna get a BIG drive, why not
go all the way..? :-)
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"SJM 25, 'real nice guy' seeks SJF... What? This ISN'T The Voice personals?!"dumesny@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Alain Dumesny) (04/05/88)
To: korfhage@CS.UCLA.EDU Subject: Re: Can anyone tell me his/her experience with CMS hard disks? Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac In-Reply-To: <10886@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY Cc: Bcc: I recently got my CMS Pro60 II (a segate drive) from Macland (very good prices, 1-800-333-3353) and LOVE it (especially for $700 :-) I would strongly recomend people to get CMS drives because they are very cheap (depending where you buy them from) and come with a very good formater/initializer that is pretty complete. It include : format - initialize - ID search - install new driver - tests (drive blocks, and also an overnight test (long)) and also a lot of very nice goodies, such as a graphical map of the drive, and some advance features such as fast HD copy, reassign block... Also, CMS include a few additonal software on the disk, such as : - Apple SCSI installer (useless since CMS's one is MUCH better) - HD backup (though I would recomend getting DiskFit from SuperMac) - zaPRAM (to zap your PRAMs when you mac II get confused after bomb) - initPRAM (to avoid the above, very nice) - some other stuff... CMS formatter is very nice (has lots of nice features), and I would recommend getting DiskFit (SuperMac) and DiskExpress (do de-fragmentize the drive). The CMS pro80 II uses a quantum drive (exactly the same drive Apple uses for the 40 and 80 meg drive) which is quite fast, and you can get it from CMS for a lot less, so why bother ? Hope this helped, Alain Dumesny Cornell University.
evan@ndcheg.UUCP (Evan Bauman) (04/06/88)
In article <10886@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>, korfhage@CS.UCLA.EDU writes: > We are thinking about buying the 80 MB internal model for the Mac II and > would appreciate hearing about other's experiences. > I can't tell you about the 80MB versions, but we have recently purchased 4 of the CMX Pro 60i for the Mac II. The actual disk is a Seagate 277N and is a snap to install and format. The access time isn't bad (~40 msec) and above all, the price is right; about $685/disk through mail order. Evan Bauman Univ. of Notre Dame ..!iuvax!ndcheg!evan -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message has been sponsored by Powdermilk Biscuits in the big blue box. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
herbw@midas.TEK.COM (Herb Weiner) (04/06/88)
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I have a CMS internal 140 MB drive for my Mac II, and I am very happy with
it. However, I hope I never have to reformat it and rebuild it from backup
BECAUSE THE SOFTWARE THAT CMS SENT ME DOES *NOT* SUPPORT THE 140 MB DRIVE!!
(Also, the manual they gave me is marked PRELIMINARY.) I have tried to get
the latest software and manual directly from CMS as well as from my dealer,
but have been unsuccessful.
If anyone from CMS is listening, I would appreciate hearing from you.
Herb Weiner
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