RSBONDI@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Richard S. Bondi) (03/17/90)
Well, Jasmine just filed for Chapter 11, and I had to cancel my order . Rodime is offering some good deals, but I don't know anything about them really. I need a 70 to 80MB internal for MacII. Anyone had any bad experiences (or good)? I'm also interested in the track record of their external drives, since I plan to buy one as a back-up system. What is their service like? Thanks in advance, and info on other drives appreciated.
ldg@yoda.byu.edu (03/20/90)
In <10693@pucc.Princeton.EDU>, Richard S. Bondi writes: >Anyone had any bad experiences (or good) [with Rodime drives]? My Rodime 140 Plus has been serving me faithfully and faultlessly for over a year. At the time I bought it, I based my decision on the price (the 140+ was so much cheaper than the Jasmine equivalent that I bought the same software that was bundled with the Jasmine drive, and still had money left over for two games!) and the treatment I received with the companies' customer support people. Rodime's people were polite, helpful, eager to be of help, and seemed to really want to make a customer of me. Plus, the guy had a great Scottish accent. Jasmine's people were hostile. I hope the jerk I talked to was the first to get the sack. Lyle D. Gunderson N6KSZ CIS: 73760,2354 GEnie: L.GUNDERSON ldg@yoda.byu.edu "Any technology without some attendant risk 350 CB / BYU / Provo, UT 84602 of misuse is probably trivial" --Louise Kohl
ben@tasis.utas.oz.au@munnari.oz (Ben Lian) (03/27/90)
In article <93ldg@yoda.byu.edu> ldg@yoda.byu.edu (Lyle D. Gunderson) writes: > >In <10693@pucc.Princeton.EDU>, Richard S. Bondi writes: > >>Anyone had any bad experiences (or good) [with Rodime drives]? > >My Rodime 140 Plus has been serving me faithfully and faultlessly for over >a year. At the time I bought it, I based my decision on the price (the 140+ [Deleted Rodime cheaper than Jasmine; better service] I too have a 140+ that has operated almost flawlessly since Nov 88. The only problem is that once the drive has cooled down, it is nearly always impossible to get it to spin-up reliably first time. I have to cycle the power off/on several times to (it seems to me) warm up the bearing enough for the platters to spin up to speed before the heads will unlock. (The platters are allowed to slow nearly to a halt after each power-down.) Has anyone had a similar problem? Was it fixed, how and for how much? I presently leave the 140+ on all the time except perhaps over the weekend because I don't like the idea of having to kick start the drive in the manner described above. Ben Lian <ben@tasis.utas.oz.au> Dept of EE & CS University of Tasmania Australia