tholland@amy.skidmore.edu (06/21/91)
I'm told that a company called "Fast Access" is the best deal for external hard disks. Is this right ? Does anyone know the phone number or address for this company ? What's your experience with them been...positive ? Do they have 1 gig disks as well as the 660 meg I've heard about ? Thanks Anthony Holland Skidmore College next mail: tholland@pars.skidmore.edu
schell@teak.eecs.ucdavis.edu (Stephan Schell) (06/22/91)
The phone number for Fast Access is 708-530-7749.
I ordered a Fujitsu 2263SA "778 Meg" (I presume that's the unformatted
size) drive about a month ago, along with an enclosure and power supply
and a cable. The price with shipping added was $1622. I am still
waiting for the drive to arrive. However, I have heard other people
speak very favorably of Fast Access, which played a big role in my choice.
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University of California, Davis (916) 752-1326louie@sayshell.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos) (06/22/91)
I bought a driver from Fast Access for about the same price mentioned, plus or minus differences in shipping. I'm pretty happy with it; it took a while to get to me since they were out of stock for a while. The external 1 drive enclosure is servicable, but nothing really special. It looks a little like an IBM PC style case with its sloped front. But it works. Oh, and the SCSI cable isn't black; its gray. The Fujutsu is working great, but it is rather noisy compared to some other drives such as the Maxtor and Seagate/Imprimis/CDC WREN drives of the same capacity. Then again, its a bit cheaper, and our Fujutsi Eagle's (474 MB SMD drives) are still going strong after nearly 10 years. If the 2263SA runs half as long with no trouble, I'll be happy. louie
smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu (Dr. William V. Smith) (06/23/91)
Well, Fast Access had a backlog on Fuj drive orders. I bought one from R Squared for a better price and it came in 2 days. Works fine, but you don't get the NeXTish instructions. -Bill -- EMail: smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu or uunet!hamblin.math.byu.edu!smithw SMail: Math Dept. -- 314 TMCB; BYU; Provo, UT 84602 (USA) NeXTmail: bill@mathnx.math.byu.edu Phone: +1 801 378 2061 FAX: +1 801 378 2800
mikel@Apple.COM (Mikel Evins) (06/23/91)
In article <SMITHW.91Jun22132118@hamblin.hamblin.math.byu.edu> smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu (Dr. William V. Smith) writes: >Well, Fast Access had a backlog on Fuj drive orders. I bought >one from R Squared for a better price and it came in 2 days. >Works fine, but you don't get the NeXTish instructions. And a teency company in Santa Cruz, CA. called Tecor, Inc. just sold me a Seagate 770MB disk for 1723.81 (total). I called the guy and asked for it and he brought it to me and put it in my hands the next day with 2.0 already installed on it (yes, I already own 2.0). So far, I am happy (I've only had it 24 hours). If anyone wants the phone number for Tecor, Inc., he or she can mail me at mikel@apple.com or balor!mikel@apple.com and I'll provide it.
cnh5730@maraba.tamu.edu (06/24/91)
In article <54259@apple.Apple.COM> mikel@Apple.COM (Mikel Evins) writes:
If anyone wants the phone
number for Tecor, Inc., he or she can mail me at
mikel@apple.com or balor!mikel@apple.com and I'll
provide it.
Why not just post it to the net?mikel@Apple.COM (Mikel Evins) (06/24/91)
In article <17690@helios.TAMU.EDU> cnh5730@maraba.tamu.edu writes: >In article <54259@apple.Apple.COM> mikel@Apple.COM (Mikel Evins) writes: >If anyone wants the phone >number for Tecor, Inc., he or she can mail me at >mikel@apple.com or balor!mikel@apple.com and I'll >provide it. > >Why not just post it to the net? Okay, since you asked. I didn't want to engage in any gratuitous commercialism, even on behalf of someone else, but since there is at least one interested voice, here it is: Tecor, Inc 408 458 3197 Another twenty-four hours, and I'm still happy so far. --me
rohigarg@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Rohit Garg) (06/25/91)
In article <SCHELL.91Jun22085435@teak.eecs.ucdavis.edu> you write: >The phone number for Fast Access is 708-530-7749. >I ordered a Fujitsu 2263SA "778 Meg" (I presume that's the unformatted >size) drive about a month ago, along with an enclosure and power supply >and a cable. The price with shipping added was $1622. I am still >waiting for the drive to arrive. However, I have heard other people >speak very favorably of Fast Access, which played a big role in my choice. After hearing that there was a big back log on the Fujitsu Hard Drives at Fast Access, I ordered the same drive through R-Squared (which was suggested by some one on the network). The cost of the external 2263SA with cable, enclosure, powere supply, external SCSI ID switch, SCSI terminator & shipping came to $1700.45. The phone number there is 1-800-777-3478 (I talked to Don Ricks.) I had to quote the Fast Access price to bring their quote down. If you can't get this price, you can try telling my name to Don Ricks. ****I have no connection with R-Squared; I am just a happy customer :-) **** BTW, I got my hard drive the very next day! -Rohit Garg University of Minnesota CSci & Mathematics
eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) (06/25/91)
Just a reminder--if at all possible, order SB drives instead of SA drives. The price should be the same, and you'll be a lot happier! -=EPS=-