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From: spector@brillig.umd.edu (Lee Spector)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Dead 80meg HDs
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Date: 6 Sep 89 13:16:39 GMT
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In article <4956@merlin.usc.edu> danking@castor.usc.edu (Dan King) writes:
>
>Has the problem of dead Quantum 80meg HDs in Mac SE/30s and Mac IIcxs
>gone away?  For about three weeks people complained daily about
>nonfunctional drives.  Now, however, there isn't a peep.  The drive in
>my SE/30 is completely gone and it happened just 12 days out of
>warranty.
>
>Did the Apple Thought Police silence the complainers?  Did some drives
>miraculously start working again?  Or have people just given up?
>
>Dan King
>(dank@usc.edu or danking@usc.edu)

NO! The problem has certainly not gone away.  I think that many of us,
while waiting for our 2nd, 3rd, or 4th replacement drives, have decided
that we've made enough noise for the time being and that we should wait 
for some response from Apple.  IMHO, Apple's silence on this issue has gone
on too long.  I've been posting and reading about this problem for about
a month, both here and on AppleLink through a local BBS.  From the volume of
complaints it is very clear that there is a real, widespread problem.  And
yet there has been NOT ONE WORD from Apple - not even anything like "Don't
worry, we're working on it and we'll fix it when we figure it out."  
[If there HAS been any official word would somebody please post it?  I've 
seen nothing.]  So although there has been less talk about it lately (though 
I obviously can't restrain myself), the problem has NOT gone away...

  -Lee (spector@brillig.umd.edu)