hui@joplin.mpr.ca (Michael Hui) (10/26/89)
Has anyone had any experience with 3.5" winchesters from this manufacturer? I am thinking of buying their 40 Mb model with embedded SCSI controller. The specs look good: voice coil head positioner, 8k byte cache, auto-park on power off, 28 ms access (if my memory serves me right ...) Michael M.Y. Hui 604-293-6011 hui@mprgate.mpr.ca
greg@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Gregory James) (10/28/89)
I think I remember reading that Apple has put a 3.5" Connor hard drive in their Mac Portable, largely because it is virtually bullet- and shock- proof (Don't try this at home kids). Even though Apple hard drives are horrendously overpriced, I can't fault their quality. On the issue of Jasmine drives, I have two things against the company. First, they have these really glossy two page ads for hard drives that are (almost) the same as everybody else's (same Quantum HDU). The money for these ads has to come from somewhere ... Second, they have an exclusive Canadian dealership plan. This means that they grant exclusive marketing rights for Jasmine drives to certain Canadian dealers, who take this as a carte blanche to print money. Apparently they charge close to $1000(Can) [$850US] for a 20MB drive. Why the Hell would I buy there stuff when I can get a 80MB drive shipped over the border for the same money?! I hate exclusive dealerships, and I try to avoid supporting companies that practice it (Apple Canada is a necessary, though stupid, evil. Oh, the stories I can tell about Apple Canada ...) Samurai Cat greg@cpsc.ucalgary.ca
tag@symbas.UUCP (Arne Gisvold) (10/30/89)
In article <1843@eric.mpr.ca> hui@mprgate.mpr.ca (Michael M.Y. Hui) writes: >Has anyone had any experience with 3.5" winchesters from this >manufacturer? I am thinking of buying their 40 Mb model with embedded >SCSI controller. I had the opportunity to look inside a Macintosh portable a few days ago - and the harddisk used was a Connor disk. This should indicate that Apple at least find them quite acceptable! They are also very low weight and use very little power as far as i recall. Regards Tor-Arne -- ! Tor-Arne Gisvold - Symbiotic Computer Systems A/S ! adress : Sandgt. 2 , N7001 Trondheim, Norway ! UUCP : ...mcvax!ndosl!symbas.UUCP!tag AppleLink : NOR0038 ! phone: +47-7-515544 FAX : +47-7-532027 BIX : tgisvold
hui@joplin.mpr.ca (Michael Hui) (11/01/89)
The Canadian division of Hamilton/Avnet Computer sells the Connor CP340 40 Mbyte SCSI drive for $621 Cdn., FST included, PST not included. Their CP3104 at 100 Mbyte goes for $1100. If anyone has seen these going for any less, please post. If not, I most likely will go for one of them. Thanks for all the valuable feed back so far, especially the Mac Portable tip.
CJENKINSR@mail.cut.oz (Richard Jenkins) (11/22/89)
In article <1843@eric.mpr.ca>, hui@joplin.mpr.ca (Michael Hui) writes: > Has anyone had any experience with 3.5" winchesters from this > manufacturer? I am thinking of buying their 40 Mb model with embedded > SCSI controller. > > The specs look good: voice coil head positioner, 8k byte cache, > auto-park on power off, 28 ms access (if my memory serves me right ...) > > Michael M.Y. Hui 604-293-6011 hui@mprgate.mpr.ca -- Michael I am using a Connors HD40 at the moment, as it is fitted to the Mac Portable I play with at night :-) It is reasonable quiet, quick, and as tough as boots! This machine is the first portable in the State, and we are about last on the list to have a play with it: every man and his dog have thrashed this machine. It's done the rounds of resellers and MegaCorps for weeks now, and hasn't missed a beat. I would not be disappointed if Apple got into these drives in a big way, based on my experience to date..(mind you, I thought the Quantum 3.5" sounded good) Cheers _______________________________________________________________________________ Richard Jenkins Tel: (09) 351 7864 AppleLink:AUST0176 PC Support Group Fax: (09) 351 2673 ACSnet:cjenkinsr@acad.cut.oz Curtin University Perth, Western Australia psi%050529452300030::cjenkinsr
hui@joplin.mpr.ca (Michael Hui) (11/23/89)
In article <1370@mail.cut.oz> CJENKINSR@mail.cut.oz (Richard Jenkins) writes: > I am using a Connors HD40 at the moment, as it is fitted to the Mac >Portable I play with at night :-) Connor now makes a 100 MB version at the same size for about $1K. But I am really tempted to get the 380 MB 5.25" for $1.7K mentioned earlier on the Net as a good buy ...