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From: jlink@pro-xy.UUCP (John Link)
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Subject: Re: Using innerdrive with a laser UDC drive
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Date: 18 Aug 89 14:49:25 GMT
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Network Comment: to #527 by obsolete!pro-angmar!seth%bloom-beacon.mit.edu

>Should I bag the whole UDC laser drive system for something else?

The last part of your statement, should I try to get it fixed, appears to be
impossible, as Central Point would fix it, I think, if they could.  Part of
the problem is that they can't "copy" anyone else's code, so they have to do
it "on their own," so to speak.  I "live" with mine because all they ever do
is back up a hard drive.  Since I verify each disk as part of the backup
process, if one gets munged I just do it over on a new disk.  The person who
used these drives before I did says he had only a very few problems with them,
but problems he did have...myself, I would not like being forced to use them
as my "everyday" drives.  Besides, there is anohter company getting into the
3.5 drive business, and ther drives (according to the ads) work correctly with
Apple's standard interfaces, ie, the //gs serial port, and perhaps the 3.5
inch drive card (can't remember on the latter.)  Yes, I would "bag" them,
unless you havef a limited use for them, where YOU can recover easily from the
occassional bad disk they will create.