mjkobb@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Michael J Kobb) (05/04/90)
In article <26363072.3E82@deimos.cis.ksu.edu> paryavi@harris.cis.ksu.edu (Saiid Paryavi) writes: >I suggest APS at 1-800-233-7550. They sell the Q105 for $599 and $699 external. > >Just a happy customer! Now, that's a truly astounding price for a Quantum 105. One question, though: Does anybody know if the Q105 comes with the RAM cache by default? My LaCie is built on that drive, and it has a cache. Is that something LaCie added? Does LaCie do anything else different and exciting to the mechanism, like changing the ROMs or something? I'm sorely tempted to buy one of these drive!! --Mike
chcu321@ut-emx.UUCP (Michael J. Liebman) (05/04/90)
mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb) writes: > paryavi@harris.cis.ksu.edu (Saiid Paryavi) writes: > >>I suggest APS at 1-800-233-7550. They sell the Q105 for $599 and >>$699 external. >> >>Just a happy customer! > >Now, that's a truly astounding price for a Quantum 105. One question, though: > > Does anybody know if the Q105 comes with the RAM cache by default? My LaCie >is built on that drive, and it has a cache. Is that something LaCie added? >Does LaCie do anything else different and exciting to the mechanism, like >changing the ROMs or something? > >I'm sorely tempted to buy one of these drive!! > I just purchased one of these. It has a built-in cache, so APS claims 12 ms access times. It comes formatted with a system installed (mine had 6.0.4) and formatting and partioning software. I proceeded to partition my disk and install system 6.0.5. I'm quite happy with it. It sure seems fast, and a little quieter than the 13-month-old Apple Quantum 80 Mb drive that went bad on me. Sure is nice to know the drive sold through APS comes with a 2-year manufacturer's warranty! The only problem I've had is with a case of the screen jitters. When there is a lot of disk activity, my SE/30 screen jitters a very small amount. The service folk at APS have been very helpful and have suggested some things that reduced the problem tremendously. Since this is related to the proximity of the disk to the CRT, I'm sure there won't be any problems for externals or non-SE installations. Feel free to e-mail if you have any specific questions. Mike -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael J. Liebman chcu321@emx.cc.utexas.edu (128.83.1.33) Dept. of Chemical Engineering liebman@UTAIVC (BITNET) University of Texas at Austin (512) 471-5150.ma.bell ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
paryavi@harris.cis.ksu.edu (Saiid Paryavi) (05/04/90)
In article <29471@ut-emx.UUCP> chcu321@emx.UUCP (Michael J. Liebman) writes: > >I just purchased one of these. It has a built-in cache, so APS claims >12 ms access times. It comes formatted with a system installed (mine >had 6.0.4) and formatting and partioning software. I proceeded to >partition my disk and install system 6.0.5. I'm quite happy with it. >It sure seems fast, and a little quieter than the 13-month-old Apple >Quantum 80 Mb drive that went bad on me. Sure is nice to know the >drive sold through APS comes with a 2-year manufacturer's warranty! > >The only problem I've had is with a case of the screen jitters. When >there is a lot of disk activity, my SE/30 screen jitters a very small >amount. The service folk at APS have been very helpful and have >suggested some things that reduced the problem tremendously. Since >this is related to the proximity of the disk to the CRT, I'm sure >there won't be any problems for externals or non-SE installations. > >Feel free to e-mail if you have any specific questions. > >Mike > The jitters you mentioned are caused by the positioning of the drive. This is one of the reasons Apple mounts their internal SE drives with the logic board facing up. The bracket that APS supplies with the drive forces you to mount the drive with the logic board facing down. This causes the EMI from the moving head distort the SE screen image. The APS guys said they are working on developing a new bracket to fix the problem. > >-- >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Michael J. Liebman chcu321@emx.cc.utexas.edu (128.83.1.33) > Dept. of Chemical Engineering liebman@UTAIVC (BITNET) > University of Texas at Austin (512) 471-5150.ma.bell > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Saiid Paryavi CIS Department Internet: paryavi@harris.cis.ksu.edu Nichols Hall, KSU UUCP: {rutgers, texbell}!ksuvax1!harry!paryavi Manhattan, KS 66506
blood@aludra.usc.edu (Brian Blood) (05/08/90)
From blood Mon May 7 14:08:47 1990 To: /home/chaph9/blood/.article All the Quantum ProDrive series come with a 32K cache installed. Itr doesn't matter who packages it. Quantum is the one who put it int here. +-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/ Brian Blood Univ. of Southern Cal. Underground Mac Dude INTERNET: blood@usc.edu Business Hours: 20/24 daily Disclaimer: 'Vuja De'--None of this has ever happened! SnailMail: 333 Prestonwood DR #2506 AT&TLink: USC--(213)745-2760 Richardson, TX 75081 HomeSweetHome--(214)907-2943 'Pain don't hurt'-'Roadhouse' 'We don't need no stinkin' badges!'-BS +-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/+-*/