cracraft@ccicpg.UUCP (Stuart Cracraft) (08/25/87)
Hi, I'm new to the Mac winchester scene and am looking for more information. In particular, the MacBottom disk looks clean, compact, and fast. Since I've got a Macintosh 128K and still need to upgrade to the new ROM and SCSI, presumably these are the first steps before a Winchester upgrade?, what do people think about MacBottom (or the Apple disk that is a similar shape and size)? Stuart
clive@drutx.ATT.COM (Clive Steward) (08/27/87)
in article <2019@ccicpg.UUCP>, cracraft@ccicpg.UUCP (Stuart Cracraft) says: > > Hi, I'm new to the Mac winchester scene and am looking for more information. > > In particular, the MacBottom disk looks clean, compact, and fast. Since I've > got a Macintosh 128K and still need to upgrade to the new ROM and SCSI, > presumably these are the first steps before a Winchester upgrade?, what > do people think about MacBottom (or the Apple disk that is a similar > shape and size)? > > Stuart Had a 21 mb MacBottom a few weeks: medium fast (halfway between apple disk and DataFrame. Pretty quiet (none are silent). It broke, replaced it (for the extra cost) with a MacBottom HD45. Bravo MacConnection -- these people are the best. This is very fine. Very, very fast. Not silent either, but seeks are nearly inaudible -- all you hear is the rotational. Quieter than a Mac II. (P.S. most noise seems table dependent; may drum on lf, or what's behind may reflect the whir. I found putting a mouse pad (foam rubber) underneath usually quiets down noisy situation significantly). On either of these, you can add an internal modem, which is now shipping. This is the ticket for travelling as I do (consultant). Which is another thing drive is good for. It fits in my carry bag, being truly slender (2 inches high, size of small part of mac bottom). Like the backup utility very well; do full and incremental backups, have restored to flops as well as hard disk. Clive Steward