[comp.sys.mac] New Micah Hard Disks for SE

bob@trotter.usma.edu (Cpt Robert A. Hernandez) (01/23/88)

I've noticed adds for Micah disks drives in the latest issues of Macazine 
and MacUser that offer a 2 year warranty, 30 day money back guarantee, 
PowerOp disk optimizer, and the ability to go in an SE without displacing 
an existing floppy or hard disk.  Since I hadn't seen an add for them in 
months I was wondering what their story was.  They are now located in 
Delaware which seems to be a new location to me.  Anyone have any info 
on their past or present status or performance as a company?

I gave them a call and they are using 3.5 inch form factor drives made by
PTI and Miniscribe.  The internal SE models come in 20, 30, 40, and 60 Meg
sizes, feature an 8k disk cache on the embedded SCSI controller, and use
a 1:1 interleave.  The prices for the 20, 30, and 40 are $649, $839, and 
$899 which are lower than the Jasmine InnerDrive SE or the ProApp SEi.  
Does anyone have any experience with PTI drive mechanisms?  Or more 
specifically, these models from Micah?

Cheers, Bob
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