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From: km@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU (Ken Mitchum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: FOR SALE:  Mac 380meg Hard disk - NEW PRICE
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Date: 22 Aug 89 20:26:31 GMT
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Reply-To: km@cadre.dsl.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum)
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Organization: Decision Systems Lab., Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA.
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>> The drive is a Newbury NDR3380s 28ms enclosed in an attractive case..
>> I would like around $1,500 or best offer.
>> The drive has only been in use for about one month and is still under
>> warranty...
>
>	what Saiid forgot to mention is that Newbury went out of (US-business)
>	nearly 6 months ago and this drive model was sold then for $1095
>	in a clearance sale (without case, power-supply or software),
>	that getting this drive model to work with a Mac has been a most
>	frustrating experience, and that getting maintenance for it has
>	been driving Saiid up the wall for months.
...

Two of us purchased 4380S drives under the same deal. There was absolutely
no problem in getting the drives to work with MacIIs, using SF&I and also
commercial formatter/installer programs. There was a problem with a MacPlus,
which prevented the machine from booting from the drive. This was NOT due
to the infamous "Unit Attention" problem ("Unit Attention" had been disabled,
and the machine fitted with new ROMs), but due to the excessive time the
drive spends in self-test after a reset.

Except for the above, we have been quite satisfied with the drives. The
price ($1395) was reasonable, an enclosure/ps an additional $150, and
the software (SF&I) readily available. The drive noise seems average for
a full-height large capacity drive. The guts are reportedly Maxtor, and
the manual that comes with the drive is very complete.

 Ken Mitchum MD KY3B
 Decision Systems Labs
 Univ of Pgh
 km@cadre.dsl.pitt.edu