UD069225@NDSUVM1.BITNET (Eric H. Romo) (01/07/88)
I'd like to get peoples' reactions to the general utility, quality, and
performance of BERNOULLI 5Meg Hard Drives.
Where can I get them(or can I still)?
Here are my reasons for seeking such a drive:
A. Price -I've seen them at Icon Review for about $500.
B. Size -There bigger than any external floppy drive, and ther not really big
big enough to tempt me into saving important documents there without
backing the doc's up on floppies.
C. Speed -Faster than floppies(about 2-3 times, or so I've heard).
D. Security -from crashes and other acts-of-God.
E. Expandibility -in the sense of cartidges that can be removed and more
'memory' can be added by using another cartridge(blank or otherwise).
Basically my reasons appear similar to those who desire Bernoulli boxes in
general with the exception that I prefer the smaller 5meg size for reasons of
size and cost(A and B). I see myself using the drive mainly as a startup disk
which can hold a large system file(lotsa fonts/DA's) and all the common everyda
y type applications(Word,Paint,Draw,HyperCard,Pascal,Resedit. and associated
help files). The 5meg size should handle that set quite nicely for quite a few
years to come(in my mind) and is not too expensive so as to prohibit me from
adding memory onto my Mac+ and another hard disk(Bernoulli or other) in the
near future. In the event of getting an ordinary hard disklater this 5meg drive
could serve quite nicely as a backup(as do floppies today) for that drive.
I'm not totally convinced of my decision as of yet so I'm asking you out
there to check for loopholes, oversights, and mis-information in my
reasoning.(Oh yeah, I'm a poor graduate student writing his dissertation(Ph.D.)
-consider that in your responses too.)
Please pass along your advice/input directly to me and I will take care
of the followup article. In the event that you can't reach me by e-mail,
I'll be pleased to see your replies in this newsgroup(comp.sys.mac).
Many thanks. -Eric.
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ERIC H. ROMO
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CHEMISTRY DEPT. UNIV. OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, N.D.