wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) (06/21/86)
///// Sorry, our mailer couldn't find you.... To: polish@lexington.columbia.edu I have a sider in my lab. It seems like an o.k. piece of equipment. We don't use it too often, so I can't say for sure how reliable it is. I took the box apart, and saw the name Xebec on the control card. The setup and install program is pretty easy to use, and even a neophyte could probably get the drive up and running. About the only thing I don't like about it is that the motor makes a pretty loud high frequency buzz while running. I have heard the buzz in another sider drive elsewhre. I think that it is basic to the design. I think the drive uses a brush type DC motor for the spindle, which causes the buzz. Our drive is about 2 years old, so this could have been changed by now. All in all, the sider is not too bad a deal for the money. It is also handy that CP/M, DOS/ProDOS, and Pascal can all coexist on the same drive (in separate partitions). Bill Mayhew N. E. Ohio Univ.'s College of Med (216) 325-2511 ...!allegra!neoucom!wtm