chow@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Christopher Chow) (08/08/87)
I'm on the verge of running out of space on my Dataframe 20 so sometime in the month or two I'll be in a market for more storage. This time around I'd like to get a larger drive, probably something in the 40-80 meg range. Until recently I thought I'd go for something like a Dataframe XP40+40, but from talking to various people it appears that tape backup systems are not quite up to par yet w.r.t. reliability. So much for the XP40+40. So now I'm just looking at hard disk only systems. What do people think about the Apple HD80SC v. CMS 80 M external v. Jasmine Direct Drive 80. Since I'm currently on a Mac+ but plan on getting a the Mac II in the future the drive must be able to take advantage of the faster SCSI bus speed of the II. I would prefer not having to reformat the drive to gain optimal performance on the II, but I can live with it if the alternative is a drive that isn't up to Mac II speed. Facts, opinions, stories, and rumors solicited. Christopher Chow /---------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Internet: chow@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (128.84.253.35) | | Usenet: ...{uw-beaver|ihnp4|decvax|vax135}!cornell!batcomputer!chow | | Bitnet: chow@crnlthry.bitnet | | Phone: 1-415-643-2953, USPS: 2299 Piedmount Av, Berkeley CA 94720 | | Delphi: chow2 PAN: chow | \---------------------------------------------------------------------------/
jwhitnel@csib.UUCP (Jerry Whitnell) (08/10/87)
In article <1931@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu| chow@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Christopher Chow) writes: | |I'm on the verge of running out of space on my Dataframe 20 so sometime in |the month or two I'll be in a market for more storage. This time around I'd |like to get a larger drive, probably something in the 40-80 meg range. |Until recently I thought I'd go for something like a Dataframe XP40+40, but |from talking to various people it appears that tape backup systems are not |quite up to par yet w.r.t. reliability. So much for the XP40+40. | | ... | |Facts, opinions, stories, and rumors solicited. I'm suprised you're not looking at the DataFrame XP 40 (the one without the tape). I've had mine for a couple of months now, so I can't comment on long term reliability, but short term has been great. Very fast (much faster then either the 20 or the 20 XP), but otherwise very much like the DataFrame 20 (except for the extra 20 mb). I bought mine from ComputerWare in Palo Alto current price there is $1150. | |Christopher Chow I'm not associated with either SuperMac or ComputerWare except as a happy (but poor :-) customer. Jerry Whitnell It's a damn poor mind that can only Communication Solutions, Inc. think of one way to spell a word. -- Andrew Jackson