riggle@claris.com (David Riggle) (02/02/90)
I've been coveting an internal Quantum ProDrive 105 for quite some time. What are your opinions out in netland of this particular drive? It's rated at the usual 12ms / 19ms access time. Its price continues to drop with every issue of MacWeek. From the 30th January issue: Bay MicroSystems, San Francisco, CA (415) 563-8392 $635 (reflects a cash discount) MacTel Technology, Austin, TX 1-800-950-8411 $685 ClubMac, Irvine, CA (714) 768-1490 $689 (no VISA surchange)
werner@cs.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig) (02/02/90)
well, I got one from ClubMac just before Xmas and it installed just fine into my dual-floppy SE. everything would be fine, except that everytime the disk is accessed, the screen wiggles something fierce. ClubMac is of no help and simply blames the SE - but I don't buy this and wonder if others have had similar experiences? ClubMac has not "delivered" in other ways, which I do not want to go into - enough so, that I would not consider buying anything else from them.
rieman@boulder.Colorado.EDU (John Rieman) (02/02/90)
In article <1101@hedora.cs.utexas.edu> werner@cs.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig) writes: > everything would be fine, except that everytime the > disk is accessed, the screen wiggles something fierce. There was a thread in this group a couple of months back suggesting installing hard drives upside down to avoid this problem. As I remember, flipping the drive was an easy procedure, although the cable just barely reached. Maybe someone else can follow up with more info. BTW, that's one of many reasons I prefer an external drive: no internal interference, less heat load on the Mac, easier to install, much easier to remove for repair, can be carried to another machine for use or testing. The all-in-one compactness of a system with an internal is pretty neat, though. -john rieman@boulder.colorado.edu U. of Colo.
clye@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Christopher Lye) (02/02/90)
In article <10845@claris.com> riggle@claris.com (David Riggle) writes: >I've been coveting an internal Quantum ProDrive 105 for quite some time. What >are your opinions out in netland of this particular drive? It's rated at the >usual 12ms / 19ms access time. Its price continues to drop with every issue >of MacWeek. From the 30th January issue: I bought my Quantum Prodrive 105 from Alliance Peripherals (800) 233-7550. They're great. Works like a charm and comes with EVERYTHING (sans Torx and cracker) you need to install it, even into a two floppy Mac. I bought mine for $699, but my friend called two days ago and bought his for $669. It comes bundled with 3 meg of PD and shareware, and Alliance includes their own formatting and partitioning software. The dirve itslef is pre-formatted. Their tech support is very knowledgeable and their instructions are well laid out. APS also sells Redux 1.6 with the drives for $30 ($16 less than MacConnection). I have no complaints. No surcharge on VISA or MC. Chris "We have met the enemy...and he tasted GREAT!" ********************************************************************* * Christopher Lye '90 * Usenet: CLYE@PHOENIX.PRINCETON.EDU * * Princeton University * CIS : 73407,3140 * *********************************************************************