geoffb@nrcvax.UUCP (G. Geoffrey Baehr) (11/20/86)
A quick review of the Jasmine SCSI drive : Target system was a 512k Mac with 128k ROM's . As I did not have a SCSI port, that was ordered from Jasmine along with the drive. (~$90.00). After waiting about three weeks for the drive to be delivered, I called and was told that there was a queue for delivery, no problem, as I can endure a wait for a decent piece of hardware. Lo and behold the drive arrived the next day via Purolator Courier, I guess that enquiring helped "nice" the delivery queue. SCSI port installed in 10 minutes, easy clip on installation, clear documentation. Speed - no hard timimg, but appears faster than Dataframe (should be). Drive is seagate 225. Drive defect list supplied w/drive. Cooling fan in drive cabinet is less noisy than the drive, the drive makes the usual Seagate chirp when seeking. Cabinet has 2 AC switched receptacles, also protected by the same MOV's as the input AC mains have. RF/EMI filter on AC line appears to be a pi filter. Operation - system code supplied on floppy in case of crash, includes format, mount, etc.. Also supplied are ~ 14 mbytes of public domain code. Believe me, every "Freeware" program you have ever heard of is included, such as latest Red Ryder, BinHex, UW, etc. Progs are separated into many categories, such as Utils, Games, Programming, Graphics ... No strange crashes encountered (3 weeks of operation), the usual caveats about too many DA's apply. Times ? 2.5 sec to open MS Word. Compile demo prog using Consulair C - about 20 sec. Conclusion - The people at Jasmine are reputable, responsive vendors. I am very favorably impressed with the drive (hooray for Seagate!) and its operation, not to mention the free code. Best part was saving over $200.00 from other vendor's prices ! Regards to all, GB (cat flame >/dev/null, others may mail via ihnp4!nrcvax!geoffb ) -- "Book 'em , Dano !" Geoffrey Baehr N6LXA USENET- ....ihnp4! -> hplabs!sdcrdcf!psivax!nrcvax!geoffb ARPA ihnp4!nrcvax!geoffb@BERKELEY.EDU.ARPA Snail Mail Network Research Corp 2380 N Rose Ave. Oxnard C.A. 93030 Drone Phone 805-485-2700 AX.25 PKT 145.01Mhz N6LXA@W6IXU via W6AMT-2 (Ventura) 145.03Mhz N6LXA@N6LUC-1 via WB6ZSN-1,WB6ZSN-2 (Camarillo) " N6LXA@N6CUS-1 " " (L.A)<Gwy->N6LUC-1) 146.745(-600 Audio Rptr) N6LXA@WB6GVW (LA)