Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!cica!gatech!ncsuvx!ecemwl!jnh From: jnh@ecemwl.ncsu.edu (Joseph N. Hall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Re^2: Is an(y) Apple Hard Disk better than any others? Message-ID: <4118@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> Date: 5 Oct 89 16:42:22 GMT References: <1989Oct3.011412.2789@paris.ics.uci.edu> <1989Oct4.044057.19765@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us> <1989Oct4.201337.27854@paris.ics.uci.edu> <1989Oct5.090136.5467@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us> Reply-To: jnh@ecemwl.UUCP (Joseph N. Hall) Organization: North Carolina State University Lines: 17 In article <1989Oct5.090136.5467@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us> alex@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Alex Pournelle) writes: > >I don't trust the cx power supply any more >than I trust any Apple power supply--NOT! The Apple supplies are a >constant source of terror and error, have been since the Apple II. Price >pressure (even Apple feels it) means they cut corners, and ask Sony to >do so on the supplies. ... ^^^^ Well, I doubt that Sony (or any Japanese manufacturer) would willingly "cut corners" on a product, or would ship one with a known defect. Certainly not Sony. But in any event, the last IIcx we bought had a GE supply in it. v v sssss|| joseph hall || 4116 Brewster Drive v v s s || jnh@ecemwl.ncsu.edu (Internet) || Raleigh, NC 27606 v sss || SP Software/CAD Tool Developer, Mac Hacker and Keyboardist -----------|| Disclaimer: NCSU may not share my views, but is welcome to.