kls@ditka.Chicago.COM (Karl Swartz) (11/18/90)
> Doug Hosking writes: > > I saw mention a while ago about a group disk buy, which appeared to > > have mixed results due to infant mortality problems. > > I did not get involved in the disk buy. It is true that many of the > disks had problems. However, it is my impression that the supplier > promptly replaced all the bad disks ... Bruce, since you don't know what you're talking about, why spread bad information? It is not even remotely "true that many of the disks had problems." Out of fifty drives that I shipped out, a very small number (on the order of 3 or 4) had problems right out of the box, and several additional drives had problems later on. Roughly 10% does not seem to be an uncommon failure rate for disks and it certainly doesn't qualify as "many". (It is my understanding that all of the failed drives were replaced or repaired without hassles or delays other than those imposed by customs or other international barriers.) > I think only about twenty-five people bought the Miniscribes. Wrong again. A total of fifty drives went out, though several folks acquired two, and a few weren't going on PC532s. Altogether a large fraction of PC532s are (or will be) using these drives, and doing so quite successfully I might add. > > Anyone discussing future group buys ? I doubt more of the Miniscribes can be obtained, though I'd consider doing another round for some other drive if there's sufficient interest and I can find a reasonable deal on them. -- Karl Swartz |INet kls@ditka.chicago.com 1-408/223-1308 |UUCP {uunet,decwrl}!daver!ditka!kls "I never let my schooling get in | the way of my education."(Twain) |Snail 1738 Deer Creek Ct., San Jose CA 95148
bdale@col.hp.com (Bdale Garbee) (11/20/90)
> (It is my understanding that all of the failed drives were > replaced or repaired without hassles or delays other than those imposed > by customs or other international barriers.) Except in my case, admittedly not CSC's fault, where the invoice was apparently one of the casualties when my basement flooded this summer. When I finally went to turn on my 4th drive, it appears to think it's much smaller than 300meg after a format process that worked fine on the others... CSC seems uninterested in giving me the time of day without an invoice number... for a place that sells computer gear, they surprised me by claiming to be on a totally paper invoice system... The dead drive is still sitting in my basement. Suggestions? The other three have operated flawlessly. Bdale